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I am a graphic designer working to create a logo and brand for a client. I created a color palette in Illustrator/Photoshop and across all the Adobe applications the colors match when I insert the correct RGB or CMYK color values (of course). Problem is that when the client tries to recreate these colors in Word, the colors on screen look nothing like the original corporate color palette. I am totally stumped. I understand that colors wont necessarily match in output to print, but I assume that they should match on screen. Any ideas? Thanks C |
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There are several possible issues he 1. Word doesn't know anything about CMYK. It only lives in RGB. 2. The screen itself may not have its colours well calibrated. I never cease to be amazed at the variety of colours exhibited by different monitors, especially old CRT monitors. (I have an old CRT monitor which is very 'blue'. The controls of the monitor itself can't help, but my video card software can do quite a good job of adjusting the colours. Nevertheless, it's still not even vaguely true to colour.) 3. If you're sending a jpg, the colours shouldn't change. If the user is applying colours in Word, then I would sit by the client and check exactly how your client is applying the colours. Is it possible that the client is clicking on what appears to be the closest colour to the corporate palette, rather than specifying the RGB colours? And finally, if the your colour palette is also to apply to Excel, then don't forget that Excel (at least before Excel 2007) does not have access to the full range of RGB colours. You can control the colour palette in Excel on a workbook-by-workbook basis at Tools Options Color. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "cbnnyc" wrote in message ... Hi I am a graphic designer working to create a logo and brand for a client. I created a color palette in Illustrator/Photoshop and across all the Adobe applications the colors match when I insert the correct RGB or CMYK color values (of course). Problem is that when the client tries to recreate these colors in Word, the colors on screen look nothing like the original corporate color palette. I am totally stumped. I understand that colors wont necessarily match in output to print, but I assume that they should match on screen. Any ideas? Thanks C |
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Shauna,
Thank you so much for your suggestions. I have been inputing the RGB values and they are almost nothing like the original colors. I will have to take your advice to sit with my client, although when I try myself to recreate the colors in word, it does not work. Strange indeed. Thanks again C "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi There are several possible issues he 1. Word doesn't know anything about CMYK. It only lives in RGB. 2. The screen itself may not have its colours well calibrated. I never cease to be amazed at the variety of colours exhibited by different monitors, especially old CRT monitors. (I have an old CRT monitor which is very 'blue'. The controls of the monitor itself can't help, but my video card software can do quite a good job of adjusting the colours. Nevertheless, it's still not even vaguely true to colour.) 3. If you're sending a jpg, the colours shouldn't change. If the user is applying colours in Word, then I would sit by the client and check exactly how your client is applying the colours. Is it possible that the client is clicking on what appears to be the closest colour to the corporate palette, rather than specifying the RGB colours? And finally, if the your colour palette is also to apply to Excel, then don't forget that Excel (at least before Excel 2007) does not have access to the full range of RGB colours. You can control the colour palette in Excel on a workbook-by-workbook basis at Tools Options Color. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "cbnnyc" wrote in message ... Hi I am a graphic designer working to create a logo and brand for a client. I created a color palette in Illustrator/Photoshop and across all the Adobe applications the colors match when I insert the correct RGB or CMYK color values (of course). Problem is that when the client tries to recreate these colors in Word, the colors on screen look nothing like the original corporate color palette. I am totally stumped. I understand that colors wont necessarily match in output to print, but I assume that they should match on screen. Any ideas? Thanks C |
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