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SteveD1234
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May 25, 2020
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Photoshop colours not displaying correctly

  • May 25, 2020
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Hi,

 

Using PS 21.1.3. Something's happened with my colour pallette in Photoshop, and the colours are no longer standard (with #000000 being black). Screenshot below shows that black is now a dark green colour.

 

I've tried editing the colour settings (Edit > Colour Settings) but none of them change it back to the standard colours. Also tried deleting all preferences (Edit > Preferences > General > Reset all prefences on exit), and also uninstalling Photoshop and reinstalling it, but nothing seems to work.

 

Any help would be great!

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Correct answer D Fosse

Don't change anything in Color Settings! That's not where the problem is. Change everything back.

 

Yes, this is a broken monitor profile. Seems a new batch of bad manufacturer profiles are pushed through Windows Update now. Temporarily change it to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 here. The proper fix is to use a calibrator to make a new profile, but sRGB may be close enough for now:

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SteveD1234Author
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May 25, 2020

This worked, thanks a lot!

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May 25, 2020

Hex numbers are not a standard! This is a dangerous myth which causes huge problems. 000000 is going to be close to black, but variable, depending on your settings.

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 25, 2020

    In an RGB colour space 0,0,0 should indeed be black. That issue with the colour picker is definitely a broken monitor profile issue

    Dave

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 25, 2020

      Don't change anything in Color Settings! That's not where the problem is. Change everything back.

       

      Yes, this is a broken monitor profile. Seems a new batch of bad manufacturer profiles are pushed through Windows Update now. Temporarily change it to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 here. The proper fix is to use a calibrator to make a new profile, but sRGB may be close enough for now:

        c.pfaffenbichler
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        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 25, 2020

        What is the image’s color space? 

        Can you check if your monitor profile is faulty by changing it to sRGB? 

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