InDesign to PDF Color shift

[msweldon99]

I am getting a dramatic color shift from ID to PDF.  I have tried dozens of export settings and it doesn't fix it. I don't remember having a problem like this in the past. All my swatches and document color modes are cmyk. Exporting as High Quality print or Press Quality, but doesn't matter. Convert/preserve to destinations doesn't matter. Include/don't doesn't matter. What's the magic permutation?

The first screenshot is from ID, the second screenshot is from the PDF. I'm at WTF.

Thank you for any help!

[Eugene Tyson]

What colour setting are you viewing the PDF in Acrobat?
Are you using Acrobat or a 3rd party pdf reader?

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/acrobat/using/previewing-output-acrobat-pro.html#:~:text=Output%20Preview...

And if the separations are ok - then how it viewsin Acrobat is not a concern.

As the colour may well shift from monitor to monitor anyway.

Need a lot more information.

There's a few colour management gurus around who are very good at getting to the root problem very quickly.

[kyliec84220669]

Hi there, I seem to be having the same problem with color shifting on export from Indesign to PDF. Did you ever resolve this issue? If so, which steps did you take? 

Thanks! 

[rob day]

Hi, @kyliec84220669 , Does it happen if you Export to one of the PDF/X presets and view in AcrobatPro’s Output Preview?