[scribus] matching colors

[Mick Crane]

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sRGB-AdobeRGB1998.htm



On 7 Jul 2009, at 16:17, alec <firestick13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi...
>>> I imported an eps image I made in GIMP into my Scribus document  
>>> and then
>>> tried to create a color (in Scribus) to match the image.  I copied  
>>> the CMYK
>>> values to get the same color as in the image, but on my screen the  
>>> colors
>>> look different.  Perhaps it would print ok, but I don't have a  
>>> printer to
>>> test it.  Is there a reason why the color of the image would look  
>>> different
>>> than the color of the box even though the CMYK values match  
>>> eachother?  I
>>> attached the image and the Scribus document, in case that helps.
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> Since the attachments were removed by the list server I can't be  
>> 100% sure
>> that my answer is correct but there is perhaps a 90% or greater  
>> chance tha the
>> colors are different because the two objects are either in  
>> different color
>> spaces and/or are using different rendering intents.
> Thanks Hal.
>
> I haven't even heard those terms before.  I just tried to research  
> those
> a bit, but what I found didn't really help.  So any tips how I might  
> get
> the colors to match correctly?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Alec
>
>
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