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Hey folks,
Can anyone explain why I'm seeing such a drastic difference in color between my Swatch and Effects Panel? See the attached screenshot.
I’m seeing the same—looks like the panel interface isn’t color managing the CMYK appearance. It’s not affecting the appearance of the applied shadow. Try setting the Color Mode of your Spot color to Lab.
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I’m seeing the same—looks like the panel interface isn’t color managing the CMYK appearance. It’s not affecting the appearance of the applied shadow. Try setting the Color Mode of your Spot color to Lab.
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The problem is limited to swatch proxy in the Effects dialog UI—you should be getting the correct CMYK defined color applied when you create the shadow.
Also your Swatch is defined as a Spot color, if you are expecting it to print on the CMYK process plates set its Color Type to Process in the Swatch Options dialog. Leaving it as Spot will create an extra plate. You can use Separation Preview to check the output values:
Spot:
Process: