Adobe Illustrator: Can you get this particular Blue color?

Question

I'm using Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2

http://www.ephotobay.com/share/picture-24-66.html

^^^^ see the big blue square here?

^^^ This color when printed in actually looks like
this other blue, from the below link , lower left square from the illustrator screen >>

http://www.ephotobay.com/share/picture-26-74.html

I can't even get that particular large blue sqaure color at top from the photoshop screen to show up on the illustrator screen despite trying to customize various blues with the slide controls.

Can you get that very vibrant pure medium blue in illustrator?
What I'm seeing are these other blues that are not as pure, they look like sky blues, they have a bit of white in them. The darker versions look like they have a bit of black in them. Others can look slightly violet.
I'm looking for that color in the first picture to print out in illustrator or even show up on the screen

thanks

Answer 1

Here's the best way to get those exact colors:

1) Use the "Print Screen" button to capture the exact images you are seeing on those pages.

2) Paste into photoshop or illustrator

3) Use the eyedropper tool to choose the blue you want.



Remember that when colors are placed with other colors, they will often not look as "pure" as you think they will. Everything is relative.



Printing is a whole other territory, and you will want to print a few samples before deciding on the perfect blue you need. Take your time, be patient, and use as many different light sources as possible (Compact flourescent, sunlight, and incandescent minimum) to look at your samples before choosing the one(s) you like.



Good luck!

Answer 2

I think the problem lies with the difference between RGB and CMYK – the primaries used to mix the colours.



RGB has a wider gamut than CMYK, there are some colours that are very difficult to achieve with CMYK – purples and oranges in particular.



I am not sure what the problem is specifically it could be that you are printing an RGB image with a CMYK printer – the printer software will make an attempt to convert from one colour space to another, and sometimes this is totally unsuccessful.



Make sure both Illustrator and Photoshop are using the same colourspace and that each file is assigned the same profile – then the colours will match precisely in digital space – of course your printer might then affect the final print.

Answer 3

That technique will artwork high quality, you will choose for bleed if your photographs or photographs pass over the sting of the published section (minimum 3mm all around). maximum printers now settle for print-waiting pdfs for origination, so which you do no longer certainly ought to stipulate text fabric or embed photographs (besides the undeniable fact that they must be CMYK) through fact the pdf would have that advice embedded in them. RGB has a bigger and greater shiny gamut than CMYK so that is prevalent for colorations to seem boring after conversion – you will extremely observe this with oranges and purples.

Answer 4

Is the color in Photoshop a Pantone swatch? Try and check if you can get the same swatch in Illustrator.



If not, then the color profiles of your programs may not be synchronized.

http://layersmagazine.com/color-management-in-the-creative-suite-2.html

Answer 5

Hi there,

I found a free download of Illustrator here http://bit.ly/1lOJk7c

Give it a try.

Good Bye