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White is Yellow?


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dstoltz

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This is frustrating me...it never happened with CS4, now with CS5 it seems to happen here and there...

If I open a JGP that has a WHITE (#FFFFFF) background, it appears as a yellow(#fffddb) in PS CS5.

I know I've fixed this in the past by fooling around with my color profiles...but I cant' seem to get it right anymore...

1) I don't want to use color profiles - I just use PS for the web, and don't need to do anything fancy, I just need white to be white

2) How can I reset my settings to what PS used to be? (factory settings)

3) If I can't reset the settings, how can I get white to be white?

Thanks for any advice...

PS - White appears correctly on the monitor in all other programs. Also, even if I change my foreground color to FFFFFF, the color in the toolbar looks white, but when I draw on the image, its that yellow color......what is going on?!?!?
 
To reset to default read this.
With Shift+Ctrl+K (Windows) Shift+Cmd+K (Mac), select North American Prepress 2 (Adobe RGB) or North American General Purpose 2 (sRGB).
Check the boxes on the bottom under Profiles Mismatches and Missing Profiles .

When you open an image you will have the option to keep the existing profile, switch profiles, or use no profile at all.
 
Thanks - I tried that, still the same....I found the solution, but I can't post it, because this dumb forum doesn't allow links until you've posted at least 8 messages...how frustrating....
 
This "dumb forum" wants to protect itself from spammers.
We assume that a Photoshop user can participate in discussions in a Photoshop oriented forum for 8 messages without much of a problem.
We're trying to eliminate those folks that sign up and immediately start posting spam.

A Mod (me) on this dumb forum jumped right in and put a decent amount of effort into trying to help you with your problem.

Does that count for anything?
 
dstoltz, give your screen a nice kick. Works every time in my case. Photoshop will understand your actions.
Oh and by the way, this 'dumb forum' has given a lot to me. I have made new pals and I am much happier now *sniff*
 
Didn't mean for it to be an insult - sorry....but it's counter-productive, not to mention frustrating, when you can't post a link that is important to the context of a solution. Yes, I do appreciate your help.

So in this case for example, for me to post a link, I would need to go create a bunch of non-related posts (cough, spam) just so I can come back to this post and reply with a link. Just seems silly - my 2 cents.

Most true spammers are not going to post 6 legit posts, and then start spamming, they are going to do it immediately after the email validation. (Again, I said "most")...

Anyway, sorry if I upset anyone, that wasn't my intention.
 
I hear you. But rules are rules. The Mods are doing their best to keep this forum a clean one. I am sure you will find at least a couple of threads where you can give your valuable advice and get your post count up. Else just keep welcoming people :)

As for your problem:

• Is the white being displayed as yellow only in Photshop and not else where on your computer or browser? Check other software as well, both from Adobe and not. A damaged graphics card gives inaccurate color results.
• Update your graphic card while you are at it.
• Change the color setting to True Color 32 bit.

This is all I was able to find now. Will update when I find more.
 
DesignmyBox,

Yeah, no problem on the rules ;-) I'd rather have to post a few times and have a clean forum ;-)

I fixed the problem....to answer your question, yes, the yellowish tint was only in PS...it ended up being a bad "monitor profile"...which is bizzarre, because I can't remember ever setting one up...but the site I found said to remove it, reboot, and presto! Everything was fixed....so it ended up not being the color profile as I thought....

Thanks!
 
Glad you got it straightened out.
The info I gave you will still be helpful with your work on the Web.

Web browsers don't use color profiles so you shouldn't either when editing for the web.
There was a long discussion about it here if you're interested.

Welcome to PSG,
 
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