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pickleoz
pickleoz
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October 14, 2021
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Eye dropper tool does not match swatch or object I am selecting.

  • October 14, 2021
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When I use the eye dropper tool, it does not recreate the exact colour match to the colour I have selected.

 

Also the swatch in the swatch library does not match. i have attcahed an image to explain hopefully more clearly!

 

The left square is the original color, the right square has been filled in using the eye dropper, as you can see they are different..any help?

 

Thanks

 

Robyn 

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Sorry i did not see your reply sooner, thank you for helping me btw!!

 


That may explain the behaviour.

Your color settings have color management turned off.

Try a setting usefull for your region.

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 14, 2021

How is your color management setup? Your Color Settings?

Do you use multiple monitors?

Is it a CMYK document? Is your image RGB or CMYK?

pickleoz
pickleozAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 14, 2021

Hi,

yes i do use multiple monitors but the issue seems to be the same on both screens.

Both the image and the document are set to RGB at the moment. 

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 14, 2021

Sorry i did not see your reply sooner, thank you for helping me btw!!

 


That may explain the behaviour.

Your color settings have color management turned off.

Try a setting usefull for your region.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 14, 2021

If it is an image that you use as the source, embed the image before picking up the color.

pickleoz
pickleozAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 14, 2021

The source is an image but it is already embedded, I have tried changing to rgb also and this didnt help either 🤔 🤔

pickleoz
pickleozAuthor
Participating Frequently
October 14, 2021

Also as the swatch doesnt match the outcome colour (it shows as if it matches the source identically) its a guessing game to try and manually change the colour 

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