Having trouble saving as PDF, colours different, fx missing

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I can't seem to get my PDF to look right. Colours keep coming out different. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead. The PNG is correct.

[Monika Gause]

I don't see the difference. Please mark it in a screenshot.

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

defaultv,

Obviously, your PNG is RGB.

Presumable, the PDFs are meant for print which begs for CMYK.

Which colour mode(s) are you working in (hopefully, you have the right/consistent colour management)?

Maybe far too far out, what happens if you:

1) Duplicate the Layer with the artwork,

2) Place the PNG (as link) in the duplicate Layer,

3) Transfer the basic/deepest colour in the PNG artwork to a rectangle or whatever with the Eyedropper,

4) Apply that as the basic/deepest colour in the actual artwork,

5) Make further adjustments to the colour values if needed?

As I see the basic/deepest colour, it is a sharper red in the PDFs and also darker in the copy PDF.

I shall be surprised if it proves impossible to get (much closer to) the PNG colour in PDF, regardless of colour mode.