Extreme color mismatch on export to pdf

[Rett]

So here's how my design looks in Affinity 2: 

And here is how the exported pdf looks. Mainly the pink is not at all similar. I wonder if it's because the pink is an FX gradient?

I attached the design file. (It is using the beta version, but the same thing happened in the current version) Thank you!

Sign Cabinet v.2.afdesign

[Rett]

I don't know what happened but now it exported correctly.... I guess....nevermind? I thought maybe it was because I was using a 1200 dpi resolution, but it appears to export from the beta version. (It still crashes in the current version)

[Dan C]

Hi @Rett,

Thanks for your report and your file provided - I have exported this to PDF using the '(for export)' preset in the 2.1 beta version and the PDF file was generated without the app crashing, and the colour matches the .afdesign document:

I then re-exported the document to PDF, using CMYK as the colour space - which appears to match your 'incorrect' screenshot above. I suspect your PDF export settings were set to CMYK during the first export and after returning to to RGB to match your Affinity Document, the PDF exported as expected.

If you have further crashing behaviour to report in the 2.1 beta, we ask that this is done in a separate section of our forums here - 

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/139-other-new-bugs-and-issues-in-the-betas/

I hope this clears things up!