Implementing out of Gamut Warning in Color Picker

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June 8, 2023
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Hello,

I'm having trouble resolving a mystery here. I recall Photoshop's color picker having the option to display out of gamut color zones as grayed out areas.

I cannot seem to find this function now (Im using version 24.4.1).

Here is a picture of how it used to look (greyed out zones in color picker).

Is this no longer a feature in photoshop or am I doing something wrong? I've tried turning on gamut warning but it doesnt affect color picker.

Thanks

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do77709026

Known Participant

hello sorry but how do you acceed to to grey zone out of gamut on photoshop 2024 or 2025?

Conrad_C

Community Expert

Same as always…the command View > Gamut Warning.

do77709026

Known Participant

Thank you, I know this, but the shortcut for only activate the unprintable gamut when you are into color picker background window, is not easy findable and it can be ponctually very usefull.

It's SHIFT+COMMAND+Y

Thanks for you attention an wish I you the best.

D Fosse

Community Expert

It's under View > Gamut warning, shift+ctrl+Y

But honestly, that function is next to useless because it doesn't tell you how much out of gamut.

Soft proof is vastly more useful. It gives you direct visual feedback - how it will actually look.

Also, don't forget the good old histogram. If any one channel is solidly backed up against 0 or 255, you have gamut clipping, and you see at a glance how bad it is. The histogram is an instant health check.

iang37044865Author

Participant

Hm. Any reason why it wouldn't appear? I've reset my settings, and tried out both Photoshop and Photoshop Beta. It doesnt show those greyed out zones in the color picker when I turn on Gamut Warning with the shortcut

D Fosse

Community Expert

The color space is RBG. Though I also tried changing it to CMYK and it also doesnt work.

The gamut warning appears in the actual image, but not in the color picker.

@iang37044865 RGB and CMYK are not color spaces - they are generic color models. A color space is sRGB, Adobe RGB, US Web Coated (SWOP) etc etc etc.

To be of any use at all, a gamut warning overlay needs to reflect the actual color space. Otherwise it's useless.

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