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April 17, 2025
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Color Display

  • April 17, 2025
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I have not been able to figure this out - when a file is open in illustrator the colors are way brighter and more saturated than using any other program to open the same file.  My color settings in photoshop and illustrator are exactly the same but still showing different colors.  

 

The image below shows the actual image colors on the left, and how it displays in illustrator on the right

 

When I open a file, a pop up says "your current color settings honor CMYK profiles in linked content but profiles were set to be ignored when this document was created"

 

Anything I create in illustrator saves in the correct colors, but I am having to drag back and forth from illustrator to get an idea of what the colors actually look like.  I did recently connect to a monitor that I felt like had brighter colors and not sure if that could have affected the display on my macbook in any way, just strange that it only seems to be a problem in one program.  Would love any advice on how to fix this!

Correct answer Christie22641701xc4q

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Christie22641701xc4qAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
April 17, 2025

Chat GPT to the rescue!  I somehow had toggled to GPU Preview and needed to switch back to CPU

Ton Frederiks
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April 17, 2025
Ton Frederiks
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April 17, 2025

Can you check if your Illustrator Document Color Profile matches your Color Settings?

Try Edit > Assign Profile to see if Working RGB and Profile are the same.

Participant
April 17, 2025

Thanks for the response.  Yes they are set to the same.