Colour problem

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Nigel Cozens
Mar 1, 2004
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Hello

Trying to recreate a graphic from a template that has a bg color of #800000. However when I set this in Photoshop it changes it to #990000 automatically. This seems lighter. Why is it doing this? How can I get the colour I want?

Nige
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noreply
Mar 2, 2004
"Nigel Cozens" <@bluyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<vqI0c.3574$X%>…
Hello

Trying to recreate a graphic from a template that has a bg color of #800000. However when I set this in Photoshop it changes it to #990000 automatically. This seems lighter. Why is it doing this? How can I get the colour I want?
Nige

Hi,

Sounds as though you’ve got web colours only enabled, so it’s defaulting to a web safe colour nearest to your chosen one.

Brian
(the other one)
NC
Nigel Cozens
Mar 2, 2004
You are absolutely right, thanks. But why is a template made using non web safe colours?

Nige

"mono" wrote in message
"Nigel Cozens" <@bluyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:<vqI0c.3574$X%>…
Hello

Trying to recreate a graphic from a template that has a bg color of
#800000.
However when I set this in Photoshop it changes it to #990000
automatically.
This seems lighter. Why is it doing this? How can I get the colour I
want?
Nige

Hi,

Sounds as though you’ve got web colours only enabled, so it’s defaulting to a web safe colour nearest to your chosen one.
Brian
(the other one)
N
noreply
Mar 2, 2004
"Nigel Cozens" <@bluyonder.co.uk> wrote

You are absolutely right, thanks. But why is a template made using
non web
safe colours?

Someone with more web experience may correct me on this but I think it’s a legacy issue. Time was when only certain colours would reproduce on the web accurately but now it’s less of an issue. Your template probably recognizes the current situation and ignores the "web safe" convention for colour choice.

Brian
(the other one)
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Hecate
Mar 3, 2004
On 2 Mar 2004 14:26:26 -0800, (mono) wrote:

"Nigel Cozens" <@bluyonder.co.uk> wrote

You are absolutely right, thanks. But why is a template made using
non web
safe colours?

Someone with more web experience may correct me on this but I think it’s a legacy issue. Time was when only certain colours would reproduce on the web accurately but now it’s less of an issue. Your template probably recognizes the current situation and ignores the "web safe" convention for colour choice.

Brian
(the other one)

Exactly. Just ignore web safe, you know it makes sense 🙂

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