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June 28, 2017
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Illustrator keeps changing HSB values - fix to this?

  • June 28, 2017
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Hello,

I'm doing some colour studies for an identity system and I want to create different colours from the same hue.

The only thing I want to change is the value and brightness.

When I have my starting colour swatch (for example 90,60,70 in HSB) and edit the saturation or brightness, Illustrator will automatically recalculate this colour with a different hue and a different saturation and brightness than the ones I put in.

Seeing as how I just want to create desaturated and lighter/darker versions of the same hue this is sort of problematic.

Again the example (the numbers are also automatically get extra decimals, but to keep it simple I'm not dropping these in):

I start with 90, 60, 70

I enter 90, 60, 50 and it goes to 89, 59, 50

I enter 90, 60, 20 and it goes to 94, 48, 20

I enter 90, 10, 70 and it goes to 91, 9, 70

I enter 90, 100, 70 and it goes to 99, 72, 69

4 replies

Legend
January 22, 2019

I think we're seeing a different problem. An HSB value is converted instantly to RGB, and when you next look at the colour picker the RGB value will be converted to HSB. A little rounding is natural.

Participating Frequently
January 22, 2019

Same problem working in RGB. Hue value is consistently changed

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 22, 2019

motionMark  schrieb

Same problem working in RGB. Hue value is consistently changed

Please show examples.

Participating Frequently
January 22, 2019

vietd25727371
Participant
November 5, 2018

I am using Illustrator 2018. And it still has the same problem. I do not know how to fix this. Need help. It automatically changes my colors.

Legend
November 5, 2018

You must work in RGB. When in CMYK mode the conversion must happen, that’s how colour works. Not just an RGB colour picker, and RGB document.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 28, 2017

Are you working in RGB or CMYK mode?

dennbernAuthor
Participant
June 28, 2017

document is in CMYK I believe - I'll check tomorrow

Larry G. Schneider
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 28, 2017

The document must be RGB for it to work.