Colour issue when exporting CMYK vector to Illustrator

[Mcmxcii]

Hi all

I am using an iPad.

Whenever I export a vector drawing in CMYK from Affinity Designer 2 to Adobe Illustrator, the colours will always end up in RGB.

For instance, a 100% black object in Affinity Designer 2 becomes 66%C, 57%M, 55%Y, 70%K when exported as an SVG in Illustrator.

Did I do anything wrong?

 

[Callum]

Hi Mcmxcii,

Welcome to the forums

As far as I'm aware SVG as a format doesn't support CMYK which is why this issue will be occurring I think SVGs only support SRGB.

Thanks
C

[v_kyr]

See ...

• W3C Color Profile - SVG 1.1 (second edition)

Quote

All SVG colors are specified in the sRGB color space [SRGB]. At a minimum, SVG user agents shall conform to the color behavior requirements specified in the color units section and the minimal gamma correction rules defined in the CSS2 specification.

Additionally, SVG content can specify an alternate color specification using an ICC profile [ICC42] as described in Specifying paint. If ICC-based colors are provided and the SVG user agent supports ICC color, then the ICC-based color takes precedence over the sRGB color specification; otherwise, the RGB fallback colors must be used. Note that, in this specification, color interpolation occurs in an RGB color space even if an ICC-based color specification is provided (see ‘color-interpolation’).
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[Mcmxcii]

Thank you for your replies. I'll export as PDF to retain my CMYK colours.