color setting issue

[yoaveilon]

hi

cant understand why when i set a color to a shape a then re select it the color is changing

any idea?

[Bill Silbert]

I recreated your situation using Illustrator CC 2017.1.0 and came up with a similar situation. In testing several colors I found that the HSB colors varied every time while the RGB sometimes changed and sometimes didn't. The CMYK colors never changed. It seems that this may indeed be a bug. You didn't say what version of Illustrator you are using so it's unclear whether it's new to CC 2017 or has been around for awhile and not been noticed.

[yoaveilon]

hi thanks for replying

using cc 2017

though my real issue that the color in illustrator seems much darker then they apear in the printer or in other screens

its not the case in photoshop which is more accurate in displaying colors

in both im using the same color profile

u.s web coated swop v2

[Monika Gause]

Are you aware of how screen color display and printing work, which color mode is better for your workflow and about the whole complex of color management?

What kind of printer is this?

[yoaveilon]

hi

no can you refer me so i can read about it please?

im using konica minolta c360

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Please try these:

Printing Guide for Creative Suite CS6, Acrobat « Caveat Lector

Overview of color in Illustrator

Printing with color management in Illustrator

Creative Suite * Keeping colors consistent

Creative Suite * Working with color profiles

[Ton Frederiks]

You are probably specifying RGB colors in a CMYK document.

The warning sign (next to the OK button warns you that you have selected an RGB color that cannot be reproduced in CMYK.

That means the closest CMYK color will be chosen.

In a CMYK document, only choose CMYK colors to avoid this.