Problem with color

[Deborahhhh]

I have a problem with the colors in photoshp. A few monts ago I made an illustration. If I open it again (also other illustrations) the colors don't match at all. Even when I enter a RGB code to use a color for an illustratin this color is very different. If I then save the image in a jpeg file then the colors are correct. But not in photoshop. 

I have a problem with the colors in photoshop. A few months ago I made an illustration with different colors. If I open it again in photoshop, the colors don't match at all. Even when I enter a RGB code to make an illustration, this color is very different. If I then save the image in jpeg file then the colors are correct. But only not in photoshop itself.

[D Fosse]

You have been working without color management and your file most likely doesn't have an embedded color profile. Always make sure the profile is embedded.

You also need to use applications that support color management and will actually read and honor this color profile (like Photoshop). A lot of image viewers are not color managed. That means they can never be trusted to reproduce colors correctly. Note that Windows "Photos" is in this category. It can not be trusted.

Don't change anything in Photoshop's color settings. The defaults are safe settings. There is a lot of bogus advice out there on the internet to change these settings because it's not "consistent" with those non-color managed apps. But it's not supposed to be. It just means Photoshop is right and the other apps wrong.

If you really care about accurate color you need to get a calibrator, no way around it. Photoshop requires an accurate monitor profile to display absolutely correctly. With a little care, you can set up your system and Photoshop to be 100% reliable and show you absolutely correct color that you can use as the reference.

[NB, colourmanagement]

D-Fosse is right,

you'll need to take control of your colour. 

It's unavoidable.

Photoshop uses ICC colour profiles which are embedded into files to provide a good visual result on your display as long as that display is accurate. Your display will have it's own ICC olour profile for applications to use - there a transaltion between the file profile and the screen profile, Photoshop deal with that.

The best way to achieve a good monitor screen profile is to use a hardware calibrator like i1 display pro or Spyder. 

Many generic image applications such as Windows Photos do not do this right, they are not suitable for accurate work.

I hope this helps

if so, please "like" my reply

neil barstow, colourmanagement.net

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