BlueSquirrel Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 PLEASE HELP - The colors in Aff Des are off and I can't resolve. Blue appears Green in AD. Mockup is Blue, on right, Here's what I'm doing: 1. I download the mockup file and open mockup in AD,. 2. Use dropper to get color sample, write down the color #s 3. Doubleclick color swatch in another AD File to set color #'s to new file. But color is nowhere near blue, very green. Even when I open mockup in AD, it's green Navy appear dark gray in AD Dark Gray is appearing VERY dark green in AD White tshirt (on the right below) not matching in AD. White is off-white I have uploaded mockup files to this post for samples. I am set to sRGB in doc settings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlars Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Oof, these photos... Why are there so many attachments? And these screenshots - oy What are your color profiles on the doc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Your colours are way out the background to the t-shirts mock-ups is white, your background is yellow! What are your colour settings in references Preferences (Please be aware an oopsification occurred here shortly after 9am today) These are mine This is the result of a 3x3 colour picker test Have you checked your monitor is set correctly? How do other apps display these images, do they have a similar cast? BlueSquirrel 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Your colours are way out the background to the t-shirts mock-ups is white, your background is yellow! This is a common problem with monitor profiles which extend beyond the standard RGB gamut. Changing the colour profile to 'sRGB IEC61966-2.1' should resolve the issue. Quote What are your colour settings in references? *Preferences Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 In deference to your reference to the misspelling of preference I can confirm the severance of my brain from fingers. BlueSquirrel, Alfred, Chris26 and 1 other 4 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 @BlueSquirrel - go to Colour Management in Windows. What is your monitor colour profile set to? Changing it to sRGB would likely fix the issue, though it would be useful to have a copy of your monitor's ICC profile so that we can test with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 9 hours ago, firstdefence said: Your colours are way out the background to the t-shirts mock-ups is white, your background is yellow! What are your colour settings in references Preferences: Mine are almost exact same as yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Mark Ingram said: @BlueSquirrel - go to Colour Management in Windows. What is your monitor colour profile set to? Changing it to sRGB would likely fix the issue, though it would be useful to have a copy of your monitor's ICC profile so that we can test with it. I don't think it's my monitor. In looking at the images everywhere else, on Chrome, in Win Explorer, on this thread, they look accurate. Blue looks blue and white looks white. It's only in AD that white is off-white and blue is green and dark blue is gray....so weird. These are my color profiles in Win: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Alfred said: This is a common problem with monitor profiles which extend beyond the standard RGB gamut. Changing the colour profile to 'sRGB IEC61966-2.1' should resolve the issue. *Preferences Appears I'm already set to that? The colors are only showing wrong within Affinity. They look correct everywhere else. kevinbreck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Vlars said: Oof, these photos... Why are there so many attachments? And these screenshots - oy What are your color profiles on the doc? I included those in the original thread. Screen shots is the only way I could communicate the issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 3 hours ago, BlueSquirrel said: I don't think it's my monitor. In looking at the images everywhere else, on Chrome, in Win Explorer, on this thread, they look accurate. Blue looks blue and white looks white. It's only in AD that white is off-white and blue is green and dark blue is gray....so weird. That's because we do document to screen colour conversion - and the other apps you mentioned don't. From a further post I can see a Samsung ICC profile in the list, we've seen problems with Samsung ICC profiles previously. Could you show a screenshot of the first tab in that window (the "Devices" tab)? Also, could you attach the Samsung ICC profile to this thread? It's probably located at C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\SM223BW.icm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Mark - yes, here's Devices tab. I couldn't figure out how to attach icc profile. I found it in the folder you advised but when clicked on it to open nothing happened. When I right click, I get option to install as well as other choices?? See image below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Follow the 7 instructions in step 6 of this post, restart Designer and recheck the colours https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/91411-100-red-in-document-and-color-picker-looks-orange/&do=findComment&comment=485651 BlueSquirrel 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 @BlueSquirrel can you attach the SM223BW.icm file to this forum thread please? Then feel free to follow Carl's advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrPx Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 14 hours ago, BlueSquirrel said: Mark - yes, here's Devices tab. I couldn't figure out how to attach icc profile. I found it in the folder you advised but when clicked on it to open nothing happened. When I right click, I get option to install as well as other choices?? See image below. IMO, what they mean is just drag that file (not hit "install") to a new forum post (to the bottom area of the post where says "drag files here to attach") here, or hit "choose files" in the post to attach that file, then browse to the folder where your profiles are (a fast tip: just copy and paste the folder direction from the folder where you did find the profile). Dragging is easier though. Mark Ingram and BlueSquirrel 2 Quote AD, AP and APub. V1.10.6 (not using v1.x anymore) and V2.4.x. Windows 10 and Windows 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 12:44 PM, Mark Ingram said: That's because we do document to screen colour conversion - and the other apps you mentioned don't. From a further post I can see a Samsung ICC profile in the list, we've seen problems with Samsung ICC profiles previously. Could you show a screenshot of the first tab in that window (the "Devices" tab)? Also, could you attach the Samsung ICC profile to this thread? It's probably located at C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color\SM223BW.icm Here's that flie:SM223BW.icm SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSquirrel Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 8:58 PM, carl123 said: Follow the 7 instructions in step 6 of this post, restart Designer and recheck the colours https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/91411-100-red-in-document-and-color-picker-looks-orange/&do=findComment&comment=485651 Carl123! you did it! the generic profiled made white be white and blue be blue! So should I just leave the generic as my default monitor setting now? SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 6 hours ago, BlueSquirrel said: Carl123! you did it! the generic profiled made white be white and blue be blue! So should I just leave the generic as my default monitor setting now? sRGB is normally fine for a monitor profile. We have seen several problems with Samsung ICC profiles. Glad you're sorted, and thanks for uploading the profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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