• Adobe Photoshop

  Converting from RGB to CMYK

  Posted by Riccardo Sinti on August 25, 2005 at 3:05 pm

  When I convert from RGB to CMYK my colors are getting duller, less saturated.
  What can I do so that my colors remain the same?
  When I color pick one of the colors in RGB and look at the value in CMYK sliders I get the little exclamation point in the corner.
  Is this impossible for certain colors?

  Jonathan Decker replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Harrington

  August 25, 2005 at 3:22 pm

  When I convert from RGB to CMYK my colors are getting duller, less saturated.

  YUP

  What can I do so that my colors remain the same?

  Work with colors that are in both color spaces….

  When I color pick one of the colors in RGB and look at the value in CMYK sliders I get the little exclamation point in the corner.

  Means that color won’t work

  Is this impossible for certain colors?

  Yep.. additive versus subtractive color space…. suggest doing some in-depth reading if you are working in professional output.

  Richard M. Harrington, PMP

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  Jonathan Decker

  August 27, 2005 at 2:57 am

  Bust out the levels for the cmyk.

  I work in rgb for video, and cmyk for our press work. If you want a frame of RGB to match CMYK as close as possible you have to manipulate the color levels in CMYK by hand. It comes down to best visual match, instead of color by number.

  good luck.

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