Colour

[cherylb31820586]

Hey there

So i am facing a weird issue with photoshop, perhaps this has an easy fix but I am quite new to this so if you can help please do!

So the problem is with colours. I keep typing in a specific code for a colour (EDFF00) and using the bucket tool to fill the canvas. However when I swatch it to check if its the right colour the code has changed, and when I compare it to an image of the right colour the images do not match. I have tried creating a new layer, using the swatch tool to get the colour from and image and even created a new project but I keep facing the same issue. Is there a fix for this or does Photoshop not like this specific colour??

[D Fosse]

Hex numbers are just base 16 notation for standard RGB numbers.

Numbers are color space specific. Unless associated with a color space, the numbers are undefined. RGB color spaces are sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB, or Image P3.

Hex usually, by convention, refers to sRGB.

First of all, you need to make sure there is an embedded color profile in your document. If there isn't, the numbers can mean anything, and the color you see is entirely up to the characteristics of your particular monitor. On another monitor, the color will be different. The embedded profile defines the numbers as a specific color.

If the color changes, it's because it goes out of gamut. due to lack of proper color management. In any RGB color space, #EDFF00 is right on the gamut boundary. It's the most saturated yellow of that shade possible to reproduce. The blue channel is at zero, and can't go any lower. The green channel is at 255, and it can't go any higher. That's the gamut limit.

[Per Berntsen]

To illustrate the point - here's how differently this particular  color will display in three of the most commonly used color spaces.

[melissapiccone]

The paint bucket is not the best way of getting a solid color. I used a new fill layer. What is the color space of your image? How are you comparing your images - what color space are you saving them in? Can you post a screenshot of the 2 images you are comparing and how you are doing it? We need to see all of the information so don't crop the screenshot.