Flat JPG changes color when being placed in CMYK profile

[srhzaidi]

Hi,

I am asking this because this has never happened to me before.
Jpg files are changing colors in CMYK color mode and turning muddy instead of maintaining their original colors.

I don't recall this happening to me before, usually, when I would place a Jpg file in my CMYK document its colors would remain the same as they would be in RGB.

Any answer would be appreciated.

Thanks and Best Regards.

[Mohammad.Harb]

RGB color space has a wide range of color than CMYK. If you want to place an RBG jpg into cmyk document , convert the jpg file color mode to cmyk in photoshop before placing it inot the cmyk document.

[Ton Frederiks]

What Mohammed said is correct, a color change is to be expected when coverting from RGB > CMYK.

You may check what your View > Color Settings are.

[srhzaidi]

Hi, I am not converting. This is just a jpg image that is downloaded from the internet and whenever I place it in a CMYK document, it becomes dull in color.

What seems to be the issue?

[Ton Frederiks]

You may not be converting, but Illustrator does.

You cannot have RGB elements in a CMYK document, Illustrator converts them to the document color mode.