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adamdanielmedia
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August 5, 2021
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Color Profile Does Not Match Error

  • August 5, 2021
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Hi, all -

When I open a certain AI file I keep getting the message in the screenshot below. How do I find the conflict and resolve it? Thanks!

 

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2021

Did you turn on the checkboxes for Profile Mismatches in your Color Settings?

It should give you options when a mismatch occurs.

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adamdanielmediaAuthor
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August 5, 2021

Hmm, just checked the boxes. Now it's asking me to choose a color profile and I don't know which to choose. And it's showing me errors, but not telling me which files are responsible...

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2021

Sure, first I get this dialog, then this one...

 

 

 


Your Color Settings seem to be set to a US standard.

If that is the region you work and you open a document without a profile, you could Assign the US web coated profile if that is what your printing process will be using.

In your second example the document has a profile, different from the profile in your color settings. You could keep the profile, it will not change the color values, you can always assign another profile later without converting the values.

Please read about color management, as a start:

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keeping-colors-consistent.html

and

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/color.html

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2021

Do you want to discard the embedded profile in favour of the working space? Which colour profile do you need?

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adamdanielmediaAuthor
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August 5, 2021

Doug, hi -

I assume I want to discard the embedded profile in favor of the working space, yes. How do I find which files have the European profile and convert them?

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2021

You can see in a file's metadata in something like Bridge. Are you talking about many files or just this one?

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