Adobe InDesign display colors paled and desaturated.

[Jingyan330652528vo2]

My InDesign display colors incorrectly than the exported PDF. Indesign showns more desaturated and pale.

I have tried - turn off GPU preview; color setting to North America General Purpose 2 and s RGB; document setup to Web; Transparency blend to RGB; set swatches to RGB color; turn on and off proof colors but still doesn't work. 

[rob day]

Hi @Jingyan330652528vo2 , If there is any transparent object on the page and you want RGB colors to display in your document’s assigned RGB space, set your Transparency Blend Space to Document RGB. Keep in mind your RGB color is outside the CMYK color gamut of most print devices.

[Jingyan330652528vo2]

hi @rob day , yes i did that. 

this doesn't only happen to transparent graphics. I think the overall indesign is desaturated include jpeg photos and other solid colors. 

[rob day]

Sorry, I missed that you already have the blend space as RGB. Make sure you don’t have Overprint/Separation Preview or Proof Colors turned on:

Also, for RGB color make sure you assign the seem RGB color profile—the RGB profile affects the display of RGB color. For non print projects use sRGB, for print projects use a larger gamut profile i.e, AdobeRGB:

[Jingyan330652528vo2]

thank you! this file is for digital presentation.

the assign profiles did made much difference! 

it was sRGB before.

when i change the profile the exported PDF's color also changed. it's always desaturated than what i saw in acrobat

[rob day]

it's always desaturated than what i saw in acrobat

Try exporting a flattened sRGB PDF—Acrobat 4 Compatibility

Also, check that Acrobat’s Use Overprint Preview is set to Never