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 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090706/02e4b65f/ >> attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: matching colors.tar.gz >> Type: application/x-gzip >> Size: 87194 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: >> <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090706/02e4b65f/ >> attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
