Questions tagged [color-conversion]
Questions about changing colors from one color space to another, most often to match the original color as closely as possible.
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Why are my printed colors duller than expected?
Basically, I've designed a booklet on Photoshop CC. It's an informational booklet so it's quite vibrant with lots of colours and pictures in it.
I've finished it and exported all the files into PDF ...
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Can you convert a neon RGB color to CMYK for printing?
I have a logo that was done with RGB colors, now I have to work with this logo to do something for printing purpuses, the problem is that in the RGB version of the logo I have a shade of green I ...
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How to make a smooth PMS gradient transition in Illustrator
I'm currently working on versions of a logo that has some gradients. CMYK looks fine but I'm getting poor results with PMS. I would normally fix this by building a mixed ink in Indesign but it doesn't ...
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Faded Colour Code Calculation
I know multiple programs that calculate colours based on a percentage. I really love when colours are displayed this way as they seem to fade in a non-luminous dull way that is really indicative of a ...
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Pantone color conversions
I am a bit of a newbie with using pantones and the pantone color guide. I am currently working on a branding project where we will have print material in both pantone and cmyk, and also on screen rgb ...
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How does one generate a palette similar to the ones in Google's material design?
Google's material design specifications have sets of colour palettes:
Starting with a base primary colour, which they designate as "500", they then have a range of incremental steps of shade, ...
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How do Pantone coated and uncoated colors relate?
I need some help understanding the relationship between coated and uncoated Pantone colors.
From what I've read online, the coated formula (say 200 C) is for printing on coated (glossy) stock, and ...
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Why are my converted CMYK blacks coming out grey?
I'm having a rather annoying problem!
I have RGB images made in Photoshop that I need to convert to CMYK.
When I save the file my black background is converted to a light grey!
I tried deleting my ...
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CMYK to RAL or PANTONE conversion
A client needs to produce a large logo for their front office and the production company requires us to convert the CMYK 40,48,77,17 to RAL or Pantone. I have never been faced with such a request and ...
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How to make a color appear the same on different backgrounds?
Background on color perception:
Due to the nature of the human eye and visual processing by the brain, there's an optical illusion that the same color will look different depending on the background. ...
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How to convert RGB colors into CMYK (real paint colors)?
How can I convert an RGB color into a real life color?
If I mix equal amounts of red, green and blue paint together in real life, I will never achieve a white color, in the way you do when setting ...
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Convert complex artwork into single color
I created this logo for a client, and I now need to convert it into one color versions (all black/all white).
Because there are so many overlays of text and graphics, I am having issues changing it ...
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Why do professional print houses use gamut-limiting CMYK?
I recently had some business cards printed, and was warned to use the CMYK colour space if providing TIF files. When I tried saving from Paint Shop Pro to a CMYK, of course the colours came out very ...
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Derive color palette from given set of colors
I have a set of colors on a webpage where one color is the main one:
#864062 <-- main color
#853f61
#925071
#541c38
#64304A
#eac9d7
Now I would like to derive similar color scheme for any ...
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What's the point of converting RGB images to CMYK TIF/TIFF before placing them in InDesign?
Currently we receive CMYK TIF/TIFF images of photographs from our design agency (who get them from the photographer). Our in-house designers then place them in InDesign for posters and magazines, or ...
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How to make my logo color look the same in Web & Print?
My client wanted to use the color #dd0017 as his primary red in his website
All along the way we have designed the whole site & the logo in that color (I did the logo in RGB).
Now he is asking for ...
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How to convert a pattern/photo to a given palette?
How would I convert a photograph or pattern to use only colors from a palette I give it? Is this possible in Photoshop? I think Pic2Color used to do something like this but it's offline...
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How to convert color images to black & white in GIMP?
I've a color image and want to print on my black and white printer. So, How do I convert it to black & white using GIMP?
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Is there anything that can read, import or convert CMYK SVG?
Short question: I have SVG files with CMYK colours, specified as according to the SVG specs. I want to get this into a design program - any design program - to finalise the design and prepare it to ...
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Convert to four hues while preserving values/brightness in Photoshop
I would like to reduce the number of hues in my flat image from the full range to only four, but I would like to preserve the value/brightness (and if possible, saturation as well). I want four hues ...
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How do I edit my CMYK greens to output as brightly as possible?
Converting my photoshop work from RGB to CMYK to send to print. Found out today that RGB has a much broader and vibrant colour array than CMYK.
Trying to edit the values, saturation, brightness, ...
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Differences in color conversion (RGB to CMYK) / How to choose Corporate Color
I figured out that there are possibly more than one methods to convert RGB to CMYK.
Using Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Mac) the color conversion is completely different as the conversion via Wolfram Alpha. ...
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How to convert Pantone 7C to TPX?
How do I convert Pantone 7C (Cool Gray) to TPX?
Is C a color international standard for print graphics?
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Brand Identity Guideline colors not matching
I have hired a design company to help with our logo colors. I picked the Pantones we wanted (3165c and 7408c). When I did a search on Pantones website it gave values for Hex, RBG, and CMYK ...
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Problem converting RGB to CMYK for print
Below you find the design for our business cards. The triangles are yellow, as you can see outside of the canvas. However, inside the canvas, only when I set the Color Mode to CMYK, they appear pink. ...
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How To Convert Pantone Tint to similar Pantone Color
I have a file provided to me by a client of their logo which consists of various tints of the same Pantone color (50%, 25% etc)
I'm trying to find a way to convert these to actual Pantone colors ...
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AI Color Picker Panel and Pantone Color Finder shows different color values (CMYK, HEX and RGB) for a Pantone Colour
I am working on a brand identity and have finalised a stock colour Pantone 3415U (Solid Uncoated). I am having difficulty finding the matching colour values for the same in CMYK, RGB and HEX/HTML. I ...
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Illustrator: Getting solid color values from transparency? [duplicate]
I created a logo in illustrator and after much experimentation, settled with a design which the client approved.
The problem is, some shapes have a transparency of 60% which looks amazing on white ...
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How do I convert an RGB black and white photograph to just CMYK black
I have a JPG that is part color and part black and white. How do I convert the black and white part to just black on CMYK? Right now the black and white section is made of all the colors. I tried ...
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if you accidently make a document in working CMYK how can you change it to RGB?
if you accidently make a document in proof setup 'working CMYK' is there any easy way to convert the document to RGB without the colours getting washed out?
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Completely different interpretation of Pantone to RGB values depending where I look.
I'm making a web site and have been told the corporate color is pantone 2745.
In illustrator, here, and here it is a deep indigo color.
Here, here, here and here it is a deep violet sort of color.
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Batch replace image color
I have plenty of images made up with the same color, just like those:
Now what I want is to change their "main" color from "#3d507d" to "#7C0A0A".
I tried to do that by changing the "hue/...
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Need help understanding the difference between RGB and CMYK [duplicate]
I am a web developer that fancies myself on being graphically savvy, but I am far from a graphical designer — everything I need is able to be done in raw HTML and CSS. The marketing director at our ...
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How to convert a raster image into vector?
I'm trying to convert a icon from .psd format to vector.
Here is my .psd file snapshot.
This is my converted(Vector) file snapshot after live trace.
I mean it has lot of blurs. I need pixel ...
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Inkscape in terminal: convert to greyscale
What is the command for inkscape (called from the terminal) to convert graphics to greyscale? I was not able to find in in the manual. I use the following command:
inkscape -f drawing1.pdf -A ...
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Converting CMYK PDF to RGB
Is there a simple way I can achieve this? I seem to be struggling to get a straight answer on this from searching on Google and other forums.
Or is the only option to open my InDesign file and ...
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How to batch convert RGB to CMYK and have black mapped to 0%C, 0%M, 0%Y, 100%K (NOT rich black!)
I have several SVG files (generated by a JavaScript framework) that need to end up as CMYK .EPS files for print.
So I made an action for it, changing the document color mode to CMYK, assigning a CMYK ...
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How to prepare RGB image for silk-screen printing
I have an image in RGB which I would like to silk-screen on a t-shirt. I want to prepare the file so that the result is as close as possible to the original image.
I could simply convert the image ...
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How accurate is pantone conversion in Illustrator and how should I send "Pantone References" asked by the printer?
I've been hired to do a big campaign that requires all sorts of permutations of an Illustrator design.
Most recently, I was asked to make a banner. The printer wants my Illustrator file (no pdf) in ...
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How can I translate CMYK to Pantone colors?
In particular, how do I translate CMYK 90C 85M 80Y 63K to a Pantone color?
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RGB to CMYK conversion problem
There is a situation where I have to transfer colors in Hex Format (from an app) to Adobe Illustrator. But I need to extract the exact CMYK value (that was assigned in the previous app).
Long story ...
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Export settings for commercial printer when using CMYK-converted pictures
I have pictures that are already converted to PSO coated v3 -profile. Wich settings are correct for the export in this case?
My Indesign color management is set to "Preserve numbers/ignore linked ...
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Is there a printing press that can print a book directly from the RGB space?
I have a book ready for printing. But, of course, it was done in RGB. In fact, I stretched the RGB gamut beyond its normal range in order to make it more painterly etc.
When I saw it converted to ...
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Besides pantone colors, is there any refrence database for equally distributed fashion colors?
I'm trying to divide color space into 150-200 colors. I'm looking for Hex code/ RGB values and corresponding color name that is simple, well known & understandable by normal people. Is there any ...
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printing on plastic - coated versus uncoated
I understand the coated versus uncoated dealing with paper stock, but is there any difference when dealing with plastics?
Do plastics have absorption characteristics that would provide for color ...
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Sketch: How to change all shades of a color to another color?
I have an image that I downloaded online:
As you can see it's not just monotone. I would like to change all shades of the red to shades of a different color (Imagine the red liquid was purple instead ...
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Which RGB profile should be used when exporting a PDF for web?
I created a 60 page book in CMYK because it is going to be printed. I now need to convert this document to RGB so it can be viewed online. From doing a little research on this site, I see that I can ...
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