Color is viewing different in Photoshop

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Ilana_E
Aug 16, 2004
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hi there! I am new to the forum, but I have come by quite a bit, you guys give awesome tips!

Anyways, my issue is (please excuse if this has been asked before) when I am making a web ready images in photoshop the colors look completely different in photoshop, then when I export via save for web, the colors are totally off.

As an example I used the color #eaeaea, and #999999 (two shades of grey) and in photoshop they have a reddish pink to them. . . very weird

I have reset all the preferences, and I have reset my colors to RGB/Web colors, and before today I NEVER had a problem. Is there something I am missing?

Thank you for your help!

-lana

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YrbkMgr
Aug 16, 2004
I think that there’s a FAQ on this.

Photoshop is color managed, the web is not.

The first thing to do is to recalibrate your monitor using Adobe Gamma or similar utility. Create a new profile when you do it.

With a good monitor profile, in the sRGB space, you should see little or no difference when you Save For Web (for example) and thus strip all color profile information from an image.

Peace,
Tony
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LenHewitt
Aug 16, 2004
Lana,

If you set your Proof Colours to Monitor RGB and View Proof colours, what you will see within Photoshop, will be identical to what you see in Save for Web, regardless of what your working RGB colour space is.
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magicboy_guccino
Aug 16, 2004
Lana,
Can you check your monitor profiles.A friend had the same problem. He changed his monitor profiles.(Also you can use Adobe Gama from contol panel.(
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Ilana_E
Aug 16, 2004
Ok, So, I recalibrated . . . no change

I used the Adobe Gamma (it was actually the first time I ever used it) . . . no change

??? I am very confused, only because 2 days ago it was working fine and in every other program (fireworks, flash, freehand, AND illustrator) I see the correct colors.

Thank you for the ideas.

-lana
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Rob_Keijzer
Aug 16, 2004
Lana,

Did you calibrate the three colour-gamma sliders precise? Make sure you see sliders (and adjust boxes) for all three colours.
Squint your eyes while adjusting.

Save under a different name than suggested (so as not to overwrite a good profile).

Rob
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YrbkMgr
Aug 16, 2004
Iana,

The question you are asking is asked here so frequently that they have created a FAQ for it. The generic answer is "color management". Photoshop is a color managed application (as is Illustrator) but the other applications you are using are not color managed.

When I first started photoshop there was way too much to learn than to waste my time on a complicated subject like color management. I suspect that is true of most people. But situations like yours drag us kicking and screaming to get to the root of the issues, and thus learning a little about color managment.

Photoshop has the ability to precisely convert colors to compensate for different work environments and intent (print, web, etc.). Photoshop embeds a profile in your image (unless you disable color management) that allows other users of color managed applications to view your image as you intended.

If a program is not color managed, it ignores this information. In most cases, for an RGB image (versus CMYK), there is little or no difference between what you see in with or without color managment enabled – provided that your monitor is correctly calibrated.

So the reason you are seeing a difference is because of your monitor calibration.

I know that it was fine a couple of days ago – but the answer is STILL "monitor calibration", provided we are talking about an RGB image, and not a CMYK image.

Spend a few minutes reading information from Computer Darkroom <http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7-colour/ps7_2.htm> on calibrating your monitor and try again.

The reason that it looks correct in non color managed applications is that they are not reading the image profile or the monitor profile and thus they are not making and adjustments in the representation of the image. The fact that photoshop IS making those adjustments and the appearance is incorrect, points to your monitor calibration.

You can prove it to yourself by turning color management off. But that’s not a solution, since then you have absolutely no idea how someone else will view your image.

Peace,
Tony
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Ilana_E
Aug 16, 2004
Thank you for the info. . .

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