Duotone options: "All ink colors must be specified."

[ollip26242670]

Hello,
I keep getting this error message "All ink colors must be specified" while adjusting ink curves in Duotone options in Photoshop 2023. What am I missing?

[silk-m · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

You didn't specify the color "white", did you?
"White" must be specified as "H: 0, S: 0, B: 100" or "R: 255, G: 255, B: 255".

[ollip26242670]

Indeed, I didn't, thank you!

[Imani C.]

Hello! I'm getting an "all ink colors must be specified" message when I hit ok to apply my duotone options. I also specified white like how you suggested but I'm still getting this message. What else am I missing?

[Monica2423788868yz]

I'm still at "What am I missing?"  I named it white; it has the designated colors. Still, the same error of all ink colors must be specified. 

[ChaosFreak9]

I am also getting "All ink colors must be specified" even though I've chosen both colors and named them.

[Stephen Marsh]

@ChaosFreak9 

Screenshot of the error while the duotone interface is open please.

What version of Photoshop?

Is the colour a Pantone colour from a colour book or the Pantone Connect extension?

What about the transfer curves?

[Howza71]

I'm having the same problem. Trying to duotone a greyscale image with a specific black (f191919) and white.

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

I'm having the same problem. Trying to duotone a greyscale image with a specific black (f191919) and white.

By @Howza71

You will first need to set the white as "non-pure", such as 255r255g254b (or 0h0s99b or 100L0a1b) then you will be able to OK the white colour without error. Afterwards, you can go back and edit the colour to pure white.

[Alex5E3E]

I have followed all the instructions on here and, like EVERYBODY else, I'm STILL getting the errors - please can we get the RIGHT answer about this from Adobe - it's not too much to ask, is it?

[Stephen Marsh]

I have followed all the instructions on here and, like EVERYBODY else, I'm STILL getting the errors - please can we get the RIGHT answer about this from Adobe - it's not too much to ask, is it?

By @Alex5E3E

Please provide screenshots and pertinent info.

Screenshot of the error while the duotone interface is open please.

What version of Photoshop?

Is the colour a Pantone colour from a colour book or the Pantone Connect extension?

What about the transfer curves?

[Laura Beth360864879jt0]

I have also tried all of the above direction and I am still getting the "all color must be specified" message. See here for screenshot and please help

[davescm]

@Laura Beth360864879jt0  Specify the colours by clicking on the patch and using the colour picker to enter the values. What you have done is just typed values into the label box. As stated earlier, if specifying white you will need to choose a slightly off white first, then edit it to pure white afterwards.

Dave