1 Reply Latest reply: Feb 24, 2014 9:41 PM by tman69 RSS

    Spot color swatches in AICS6 and AICC do not match color in design

    garyscott19

      Hello,

       

      Some of the lighter, saturated colors in the PANTONE+ swatches library appear to be a different color in the swatch list than they are when applied to a design.

      Please, see below for screen shots.

       

      i can duplicate this situation on calibrated NEC MultiSync monitors and uncalibrated laptops. We are running on Mac OS X.8x and above.

       

      Designers are complaining about not being able to pick a color from the Swatch Library in AICS6 or AICC.

      InDesignCC does not seem to have the same issue.

       

      Is this a color managment issue?

       

      Does anyone have any ideas?

       

      Thanks for your help.

       

      Gary Scott

      Technology Support

      Landor Associates

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        • 1. Re: Spot color swatches in AICS6 and AICC do not match color in design
          tman69 Community Member

          pantone 361 is pantone 361 no matter how it appears on screen--that said--creating a design and 'then' appying a color can have 'different' results depending on what 'effects' were applied to the design--any transparent effects can cause a color shift--and--in my experience--many designers don't realise that when they use an 'effect' on an object (drop shadow, multiply, etc) and then create another object--the effect is also being applied (27 years in prepress verifies this)

           

          as far as your screen shots are concerned--they appear identical on my monitor.

           

          try this test with one of your designers--have them create an illustrator document with a rectangle filled with a spot color--save it as an .ai file---then have them place that file in Indesign and create a rectangle there--load the same color in the indesign pallette  and draw/fill a rectangle before placing the .ai file--then see if they match