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teeex
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October 19, 2020
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Color picker preview doesn't match color field

  • October 19, 2020
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Color picker preview in Illustrator doesn't match the circled color in the color field, and in the document. As you can see below, the selected color in the color field matches the document. But the preview shows it as much brighter.

I don't have this problem in Photoshop. Everything matches, as you can see below.

These are both blank documents that I started in RGB profile. The color settings are the same.

Illustrator:

Photoshop:

It looks like the Illustrator preview matches the color in my Windows Photos viewer, as seen below.

Also, when I screenshotted it and pasted it into Photoshop, the hex code for the Photos viewer is the same code as the original! But the code for the PS/AI screenshots dimmed. I guess when I screenshot, it's being recorded in the Windows color space which is brighter so the PS/AI colors would be dimmed down.

 

Anyhow, I don't know why the Illustrator preview is matching the Windows color. It's not like that in Photoshop. How can I fix this? Or is this an Illustrator bug?

Thanks.

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Correct answer defaultfc0ixwjg74jt

It's an old thread, I know, but I had a similar problem and found out why. My color picker got the colors I picked from imported png's in my RGB file wrong. The problem went away when I embedded the images rather than linking them. No idea why, but it worked...

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defaultfc0ixwjg74jtCorrect answer
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September 30, 2024

It's an old thread, I know, but I had a similar problem and found out why. My color picker got the colors I picked from imported png's in my RGB file wrong. The problem went away when I embedded the images rather than linking them. No idea why, but it worked...

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    Moment Hunter
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    November 4, 2024

    thanks bro

     

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 19, 2020

    So this is an RGB document?

    And the sRGB color profile applied to it?

    Is any color proof option turned on?

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    teeexAuthor
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    October 19, 2020

    "Proof Colors" is unchecked so that means no color proof option is turned on, right? Sorry, I'm new to Illustrator.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 21, 2020

    And is the color proof in Photoshop turned on?

    RGB document in Photoshop as well? And also the same color profile?

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