kirk_yoae Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi, I am trying to use Affinity for a design with a specific color for branding purposes. However, the exact color code (7d9e2b) looks completely different in Affinity than it does in anything else (Photoshop, Pixelmator, etc) I try to eye drop the original color into Affinity Photo and that still doesn't look quite right. Don't think it's a color format issue either, both are in RGB. I have attached a screenshot of what I'm dealing with. The smaller square is the color I need, The larger is what Affinity is giving me. Any thoughts on this? Might be a deal breaker for me if I can't get consistent color matching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi kirk_yoae, Welcome to the forum. Can you please let me know the colour profile that you are using as this can alter how the colour is displayed on the screen. Regards, Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk_yoae Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 As I mentioned in my original post, I'm using standard RGB for both. 8 bit. Thanks, Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I believe DW was referring to Color Profile (or ICC Profile) not Color Format. Or did you mean ICC Generic RGB? One file is Probably sRGB and the other is something else. Edit: I notice that your attached image has the profile Color LCD. Which in AP is "Display". Attached: I mixed Generic and sRGB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Because understanding the intricacies of colour profiles, models, formats, etc. can be difficult, I have found it very useful to refer to Affinity's built-in help documentation on that topic. An easy way to do that is to use the search feature on the application's Help menu. In Affinity Photo, using "colour profile" as the search term shows these results: The "About Color" (or "About Colour" if you are using British English) topic is a good place to start. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.2 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk_yoae Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ah, that was it. The Color Profile in AP has been set to SMPTE.. is that by default? I had been using Pixelmator as an in-between program before getting Affinity, and it doesn't seem to distinguish Color Profile and Color Format. I changed the ICC to sRGB and it was perfect. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinsnowpro Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 You should buy a calibration sensor to make your life easier. I got the nix sensor (https://nixsensor.com). So far so good. I use it to provide feedback to my printer and it makes my life easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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