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eleanora57577267
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October 4, 2019
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In Gamut Color warning driving me crazy!

  • October 4, 2019
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Everytime I am trying to put color in my document the In Gamut warning comes up and dulls the color.

I have my document in RGB so I really have no clue why it keeps doing this... I choose all the colors on RGB but it just refuses to work...

Please help!!!!!

 

Edit: I want to be working in RGB not CMYK

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    October 4, 2019

     

    If you choose Web or Mobile as the Intent when you create a new document, all of the swatches will be initially set to RGB and the document’s Transparency Blend Space will also be set to RGB. Keep in mind that InDesign doesn’t have a document color mode—you will still be able to create and use CMYK swatches or change the blend space.

     

    Also, if the document is not intended for print don't turn on Overprint or Separation Preview—both will preview the color as CMYK

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      eleanora57577267Author
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      October 4, 2019
      Thank you!
      Frans v.d. Geest
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      Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
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      October 4, 2019

      If you really want to work in RGB, so you are NOT going to print it but only on screen, change the documnet intent From Print to Web/Mobile and/or change your Colour Management settings and/or change your document transparency blend mode to RGB.

      To be honest: I get the impression that you not fully inderstand how Colour Management works, this might present you with a problem when you DO want to go to print...

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      eleanora57577267Author
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      October 4, 2019
      Thank you, and no I’m not printing, only working on web. I know how to do it when printing, but RGB Is better for what I’m doing. I have printed with Indesign before.
      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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      October 4, 2019

      As mentioned, to get a bright green printing you would need to use a spot Pantone color.

      The brightest you can get in CMYK is illustrated in this image I created in Photoshop to show you the difference.

       

      Gusgsm
      Gusgsm
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      October 4, 2019

      If you are printing in CMYK you should, as Derek told you, preview your work in CMYK. To be precise: In the same flavour of CMYK your printer is going to use (or the most similar one as possible). For that, ask your printer about "The CMYK ICC profile".

       

      ...so the bright greens are a bit of a must!!
      If you are printing in a common type of commercial printing that uses CMYK, you are not going to get a very bright kind of green unless you go for an spot ink that has a bright (fluorescent?) hue of green. But that's not so cheap. Once again: Ask your printer.
       
       
        Derek Cross
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        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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        October 4, 2019

        Have you tried soft proofing to see how your document might look in CMYK (some colors will look duller when in CMYK, such as bright greens and bright oranges, that's physics!).

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        eleanora57577267Author
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        October 4, 2019
        I am trying to get it all in RGB.... I work for an environmental charity so the bright greens are a bit of a must!!
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