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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How to find the CMYK or RGB value of a commercial paint color?
I have a client who has chosen a paint color for their office and they want to carry that exact color onto everything from signage to website to business cards as their "brand color".
Is there any ...
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Accurate RGB to CMYK conversion [duplicate]
I am trying to print out a simple picture (below) that is composed of sections of the following RGB colors:
255,0,0
255,0,255
0,255,0
0,255,255
0,0,0
I am using this image for color sensing (...
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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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CMYK to PMS - which PMS color should I use?
I am developing brand guidelines for a particular sub-brand where I work. Certain details are specified with a rich black, which is a CMYK mix of
C10, M10, Y10, K100. Mostly process printing will work ...
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I select a color in Photoshop and it's painting another one
I select a color in Photoshop and it's painting another one. I've checked RGB color mode and everything, but it seems to continue to change the selected color. How can I fix it?
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Should you convert or only assign a color profile when wanting to preserve color appearance?
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I am preparing a design to be sent off to a professional printer. I will print the exact same design on both coated and uncoated paper, requiring FOGRA39 and FOGRA47 respectively.
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Changing color using hue is creating unwanted border
I have an image with green and blue stones:
I want to change all the green ones to be blue as well.
Currently I'm following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fwiNyDHLI
It says to:
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How to make a screenshot from Corel 2017, without converting through my monitor color profile?
My goal is to (temporarily at least) get reliable colour values on screen and in my screenshots, in CorelDRAW 2017 on windows. If I screengrab and paste into eg GIMP, the colours shift. I think what ...
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Adobe Illustrator | RGB vector looks all black when I import it to CMYK artboard [closed]
Colorful RGB vector I've downloaded from Vecteezy looks all black when imported to CMYK artboard. I can't change the color after importing to CMYK artboard either. How can I fix that?
What I've done:
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Do Adobe RGB and sRGB assume 2 degree observer?
I know that Adobe RGB and sRGB assume D65 illumination, but do they assume a 2 degree or 10 degree standard observer?
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Why is Photoshop changing my CMYK numbers?
I have my image mode set to CMYK. But as soon as I enter 0 C, 0 M, 0 Y, 50% K, it changes it 43% C, 35% M, 35% Y, 1% K. Attached is a screenshot.
How do I remedy this?
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Why does Photoshop's color profile conversion change appearance when source and target profile are identical? [closed]
Recently, I've noticed something in Photoshop I cannot quite understand:
I've got a Photoshop document (not a specific one) in e.g. sRGB, ICC-Profile embedded. Now, when using 'Convert to Profile' ...
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How to make Illustrator default to CMYK [duplicate]
How to make Illustrator default to CMYK. My color box says CMYK, but my swatches still default to RGB please help.
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Computing the range of CIE L*a*b*
I am currently using C# to compute the range of various color spaces. One such, CIE Lab*, is giving me a headache.
To compute the range, I enumerate each possible RGB color, convert it, and store ...
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delete half transparent pixels in image
I need to convert a 16bit png into an 8bit png for size reduction.
Problem are the half transparent pixels that will generate a white border around my content when converting to 8bit.
I just want to ...
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PDF Export: Color Profile Conversion (Affinity Designer)
I am new to AD and using the current version as trial. I worked for 10 years with Illustrator but would like to switch.
I need to export a PDF/X-3:2002, but it seems there is only X-1a and X-3:2003. ...
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Looking to replicate a comic coloring of early 90s(not just using the half tone filter)
Here is my image with flat colors, colors with the halftone filter, and a comic page I am trying to replicate.
I am missing something. My colors don't have the same look.I am using the same 64 color ...
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CMYK color difference from Windows to Mac
When I open an InDesign file and edit a linked PSD by changing the color mode CMYK, I see a difference from my Windows PC to my Mac.
The other day I made a CMYK version of an PSD on a Mac and put it ...
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Changing colour mode of black in InDesign
I was under the impression that, to convert the colour mode of an InDesign document, you just had to modify Edit > Transparency Blend Space and change the colour mode of all swatches.
But I've ...
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Colours being shown differently throughout web browsers and image editing software
In a web browser, this colour (#495D7A) looks like this:
But in Photoshop, that colour looks like this and the dropper tool detects it as #495D7B:
And when these colours are side by side.
I've put ...
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How to convert a logo to grayscale in Photoshop?
I have a logo that has color gradients and I need to convert it to grayscale in Photoshop or in Illustrator and get a good result.
I tried to convert my logo in Illustrator but the result is ...
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How to find the nearest color from a list of 9 in Photoshop?
I've a picture of an static object correctly balanced and exposed:
I would like to sample the nearest color from my own palette of 9 RGB or Lab using Photoshop:
Colour palette:
#8270a4
#aa83cb
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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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PMS vs CMYK Logo colors
So, I designed a logo in CMYK color and printed it using EPSON printer. The colors match perfectly what I see in print and on monitor.
Then I convert the logo color to PMS using Illustrator's ...
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Applying a limited palette to a photo [duplicate]
How can I apply a limited palette to a photo, while still keeping the value variations within the original image?
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Why doesn't the Pantone Color Finder use same preview color for Coated and Uncoated?
Coated and Uncoated versions of the same Pantone color, if printed on the right paper, should (approximately) obtain the same perceived color.
So, why does the official Color Finder on the Pantone ...
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Why would home printers work better with an RGB image
In @Scott's answer to this question Best format to save Photoshop artwork for printing?, he states that most home printers will more accurately reproduce the colors from an RGB image than a CMYK image....
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Colour management for logo design in Inkscape/Scribus
I’m new to graphic design and am unsure of how to manage colours in a logo I’ve just created. It’s black text (converted to paths) with one small graphical element (a leaf). I created it in Inkscape ...
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Is there an online tool to change a color gradient?
I want to change the color gradient in this image from yellow to white or transparent. Is there an online tool that can achieve this in an easy fashion?
Which online tool can I just that can achieve ...
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How to choose a PMS colour close to a certain CMYK value?
How do I get a Pantone (PMS) ink colour similar a specified CMYK colour? Is it possible that in some cases the PMS swatch chosen doesn't eactly match the CMYK colour?
How would you go about this when ...
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When designing a website, how do I know how users see the colors?
When designing a website, how do I know how users see the colors? I see the colors of the website differently from my Macbook and Windows desktop/notebook. Especially I can’t see light colors on ...
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Separate an image into arbitrary color channels
In Photoshop, it's fairly easy to separate an image into separate monochrome red, green, and blue images. These could each be projected as slides in front of separate red, green, and blue lights to ...
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Consistent Color Management Across Printers
How do you manage a specific color, to print consistently across different printers / ICC profiles?
I have a long time client and their brand color is a specific shade of coral rgb(250, 128, 112). I ...
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How to do 64-page magazine that has 2-colour run and inserts that have 1-16 Roman numerals in?
I am using InDesign CC 2015 on MacOS Sierra.
Currently, I am creating a magazine that has 64 pages in total, with pages 5-24 and 41-60 on newsprint, and 2-4, plus 61-64 are on glossy paper, with 16 ...
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what is the nearest or equivalent match to Pantone 289 in RAL or CMYK
We are looking at an equivalent for Pantone P 289 (Midnight Blue) on RAL or CMYK, please advise if this is known to someone.Thanks
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Integrating a photo into a "black" background for print in Illustrator?
My print knowledge has gone a little rusty so I was wondering if someone might be able to clear something up for me.
I am designing a box which has a photo that fades into black around the edges/in ...
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Overlap RGB values to produce a single color
I am new at graphic design (obviously) and I would like to create a logo with overlapping colors to produce a desired color. In this case I would like to overlap 3 distinct colors (with I assume ...
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Correcting colors for logos on Business cards
I am designing business cards in Illustrator, however my printers use Corel Draw and some of the logos do not show up on their side. They mention 'overprinting', but I do not know what that means.
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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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What happens when you print without converting to CMYK?
When exporting InDesign files as PDF, it is converted usually to the intended colour space. But, what happens when you don't do that for whatever reason and send the non-converted PDF to print?
Since ...
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Sketch: How to change the background color of an image?
I have a PNG I downloaded from the internet / shutterstock:
It's a PNG, however the background is white. Is there a way I could remove the white background in Sketch and replace it with a different ...
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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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Color conversion, RGB to CMYK, different values in Photoshop
I'm trying to enter the color #00ADE3, using Adobe Kuler and ColorHexa and another website; when I enter my color #00ADE3 I get the same CMYK(100,24,0,11).
My Photoshop gives different CMYK values ...
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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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How do I convert an "blending mode" artwork to adopt the colors so I can edit some of them?
I'm trying to convert the this graphic so I'll adopt the colors displayed after choosing the "color" blending mode.
The graphic looks like this before setting the blending mode:
Now I want it to ...
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One RGB color could only match single one HSL color?
I am wondering if there is single one matched HSL color for a given RGB color?
Based on existing formula converting RGB to HSL, it is yes.
However, I want to know if my assertion above is true?
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Photoshop automatically corrects my color
This is probably a trivial question, however I'm unable to select a given color in Photoshop. I'm using a template in PSD which is set to CMYK and I think that this is the problem.
For example if I ...
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CMYK Calculator Has Two Value Fields
I'm using this CMYK Calculator on W3 Schools and there are two fields that give two different CMYK values. I'm not sure why. Does anyone have any insight?
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How to correctly adjust color saturation in picture when preparing it for magazine print?
I made a magazine and all pictures currently are in RGB color mode. Now I need to prepare them for print and after converting them to CMYK in Photoshop CC, their color saturation (black parts) are ...
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Conversion of RGB values to CMYK in InDesign concerning
I experienced odd tints of grey-color after print out. Now I know, to avoid this and get clean grey color, only K value should be used for CMYK.
But I am wondering, why when I set C0 M0 Y0 K5 in ...
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