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Random issue with color flickering in Illustrator.

Guiarderius
Community Beginner ,
Jan 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024

The issue is that colors randomly flicker within the workspace. This only happens in the workspace, as you can see in the video, where menu and tool elements do not flicker. This issue is unique to Illustrator. Thank you in advance for your help!

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Anshul_Saini Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee , Jan 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024

Hi @Guiarderius,

 

Thank you for providing additional details about the color flickering issue in Adobe Illustrator on your Mac running macOS Ventura 13.4. The fact that switching from GPU preview to CPU preview temporarily resolves the problem is indeed interesting.

 

To further investigate and help you, could you please:

  • Check if you encounter the issue after upgrading your macOS to the latest version (macOS Sonoma).
  • Share information about your external monitor setup if you are using one.
  • Pr
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Monika Gause Community Expert
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Jul 21, 2025 Jul 21, 2025
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@wlym  schrieb:

But of course, Adobe says we should contact Apple?! 

 

Can't see that in this thread. Maybe you can point to where that has been written? 

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peterthomsen
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Aug 14, 2025 Aug 14, 2025

Same issue. I think I found the solution:

 

I switched Proof Setup (View—>Proof Setup) from Working CMYK to Monitor RGB. So far this has alleviated the issue. The colors appear correct and no more flciker.

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Monika Gause Community Expert
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Aug 14, 2025 Aug 14, 2025
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Same issue. I think I found the solution:

 

I switched Proof Setup (View—>Proof Setup) from Working CMYK to Monitor RGB. So far this has alleviated the issue. The colors appear correct and no more flciker.


By @peterthomsen

 

Probabl< it will be better to turn off Color Proof altogether, because a random setting will not do the job.

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