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August 1, 2021
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Colours keep chaning when i try to upload a vector image to instagram

  • August 1, 2021
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So i drew some vector art on illustrator, and i wanted to uploade it on instagram but everytime i transfer the image to my phone so i can upload it the colours change to a really over saturated neon look. i've tried EVERYTHING i've exported it into to all different file types, i'm already working in RGB mode,i've tried chaging all the colours to web safe colours, i've put my image in photoshop and tried to export it there, i've even tried to take a screenshot and still the same results what do i do ?!

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Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 5, 2021

Since you describe the colour change as quite dramatic ("over saturated neon"), I wonder if there is something more than colour management problems going on. I think it might be important if you share before/after screenshots.

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 3, 2021

Can you post comparison images between what you see exported from Illustrator and what you see on your phone?

Mylenium
Legend
August 1, 2021

As Monika already hinted at, none of this matters if you don't use color management or at the very least educate yourself about how colors are treated differently on different devices, most of which aren't even color managed. The short answer likely is that you are using wrong color settings on your end or have a misconfigured monitor, producing overcranked colors. The longer answer to that is that you really have to read up on this stuff, including how transferring your work to mobile devices may already affect appearance by stripping away color profile info or causing color space conversions, e.g. if your artwork originated as CMYK. Rinse repeat for the actual upload to IG and their server-side processing. If you can provide a proper explanation of what you are doing we may be able to advise on where you are going wrong, but putting in a bit of time and learning a few things may not be a bad idea, especialyl if you plan on doing this more often...

 

Mylenium

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 1, 2021

Please forget websafe colors. They are a concept of the last century.

 

How is your color management set up?

Participating Frequently
August 2, 2021

well thats probably the problem because i don't know how to set up my colour management

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 2, 2021

In that case: Please rad the basics about color management. You will need to learn it. It's been there for 20 years. It won't go away. It works in all current publishing applications. You cannot evade it.

 

And show us your settings.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/setting-color-management.html