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Dull colors Troubleshooting

  • February 3, 2020
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Any reason why one document has such duller colors than the other? They are the same hex code and I've confirmed that they are in the same color space: RGB > 8Bits.

 

Would appreciate your thoughts! Thank you Photoshop community! 

 

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    To get them into the same color space, Edit > Convert to Profile.

     

    I'd recommend you convert the P3 file into Adobe RGB, not the other way round. Adobe RGB is a very well established and recognized standard color space, accepted almost everywhere. DCI-P3 is new and as yet not widely supported.

     

    When you do that, the numbers will initially change because the conversion will preserve visual appearance. But if you then input the numbers again, everything will match.

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    annies32835080Author
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    February 3, 2020

    How can I get them into the same color space? And any ideas why they got off to begin with?

     

    Also the RGB numbers look the same so I don't know how to correct. Thanks! 

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 3, 2020

    To get them into the same color space, Edit > Convert to Profile.

     

    I'd recommend you convert the P3 file into Adobe RGB, not the other way round. Adobe RGB is a very well established and recognized standard color space, accepted almost everywhere. DCI-P3 is new and as yet not widely supported.

     

    When you do that, the numbers will initially change because the conversion will preserve visual appearance. But if you then input the numbers again, everything will match.

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      annies32835080Author
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      February 4, 2020

      Thank you very helpful!

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity Expert
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      February 3, 2020

      They are not in the same color space. One is sRGB and the other is Adobe RGB.

       

      Hex is just a base 16 notation for RGB numbers. There's nothing "absolute" about hex. It all depends on the color space the numbers refer to.

       

      Edit: back at my workstation to check the numbers. It's actually Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 - I should have guessed since it's a Mac. Of course the principle is exactly the same.

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