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Eyedropper picking strange colors from pattern-fill shapes (holding shift)

Community Beginner ,
Aug 27, 2025 Aug 27, 2025

If I eyedropper a color from the vector art or pixel image I use to make a pattern swatch, I get the correct color. If I eyedropper (with shift held down) over a shape that is filled with that same pattern, I get the wrong color. Not sure if this is a bug or just a complicated color profile issue, but it occurs only in pattern-filled shapes, whether the pattern is generated from vector art or from an embedded pixel image.

 

Anyone know what's going on here?

 

I've attached a screencapture gif of me doing this, because I feel like I'm going crazy and I need y'all to see what's actually happening. 

The work-around is: I expand or rasterize a small shape off the artboard and fill it with the pattern, then color-select from that. With high-res images or complex vector art this can slow me down a little, but it works. It's just a baffling issue that's hard to catch and has lead to mistakes. Sometimes the color differences are less obvious than in this example.

 

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 27, 2025 Aug 27, 2025

Hello @kurara2,

I tried replicating this behavior on my end, but could not. Would you mind sharing a link to a sample file you're having trouble with, confirming the version of Illustrator installed, and resharing a screen recording of your exact workflow, so I can check this with the team?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 27, 2025 Aug 27, 2025

Here's a file that's causing this issue for me, and a screencapture of me demonstrating the issue. I'm running 29.4

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025
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Hi kurara2 

 

Thank you for sharing the recording. Would you mind updating Illustrator to the current version, 29.7.1, and letting us know if you still experience the issue?

 

We will try our best to investigate the issue.

 

Thanks,

Harshika

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Community Expert ,
Aug 28, 2025 Aug 28, 2025

I also get the same color in both case.

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