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Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

My Color Palette Has Gone Crazy!

I just posted a new image, identical to the "Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi" image I posted this morning. But this newer image, without text, shows 12 colors in the Color Palette, whereas the first image (click on this, then click Next to compare) has five colors.

It looks as if the palette might be picking up on the colors of my sample images ("Also by Connie Fox", or whatever it is called). Before I report this to Tech Support, I just wondered: Is anyone else having this problem? In this case, it really works against me to have so many colors. I was going for a very soft, gentle look--far from the bold colors shown.

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Marlene Burns

9 Years Ago

Connie,
I checked yours and mine...you are WAY more colorful!
Mine is fine on the several I checked....write a support e mail....seems to be your issue :(

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Thanks, Marlene. It was the dark rusty red that really got my attention! Quite a far cry from the subtle pink you can barely see (or ALMOST detect ;-) on the far right of the frame.

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Contacted Tech Support.

 

Marlene Burns

9 Years Ago

Good! Same here for me with that red!

 

Rich Franco

9 Years Ago

Connie,

On my screen, I see a slight"pink" in the clouds and maybe that's what the computer is seeing and then creating additional colors for.............

Rich

 

Abbie Shores

9 Years Ago

Please check your colour profile.

It must be Adobe RGB or sRGB only

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Abbie, I got your email. Where do I verify that? Where will I find Adobe RBG or sRGB. In Photoshop Elements? I came across that somewhere in my settings and felt it was correct at the time. And I've never had a single problem with my Color Palette until this one aberration popped up.

Question: Why would two images, identical except for slight cropping of one and adding grayish purple text to the other, have two completely different Color Palettes. They were finished within 20 minutes of each other, and nothing changed in my settings.

Rich, you're right about the slight pink in the clouds. Good eye. But in my experience, the Color Palette has never read "slight pink" as vivid rusty red. In one image, the pink was not even picked up by the Color Palette. So it doesn't make sense that a nearly identical image would be so colorful. P.S. There's no red in the text either.

 

Rich Franco

9 Years Ago

Connie,

Thanks! And I think it's my right eye! LOL!

I've never paid attention to the color palette before and not sure it's function,other than a suggestion, of which paint colors in a buyers home,might go well with this image. I don't know if anyone hasn't bought a print here,because the "palette" colors were not right for their wall?

As far as the RBG stuff, when you save an image on Photoshop and I think also on Photoshop Elements and hit "save as", you'll see a couple of boxes down on the bottom and you'll have a choice, of which "color space" you want to save that image as..........take a look!

Rich

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Thanks, Rich. I do pay attention to my Color Palette. In fact, every time I download I check it. I'm always fascinated by which colors it picks up on (and which ones it skips, though I clearly see them). In decorating, I would find it a useful tool, but I would trust my eye more.

I'll check PSE. That's probably where I saw it, but haven't changed a thing in my settings. Kinda weird.

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Abbie, my setting is RGB. I still don't understand why there are so many colors for an identical image, except for the grayish text. I feel it would hurt a possible sale, and it certainly wouldn't impress visitors. I'd like it to be fixed please. Can that be done?

 

Abbie Shores

9 Years Ago

Please reload the image.

EDIT image
CHANGE image
delete the old and upload the new

Make sure you only have one window/tab open when you do this

 

Connie Fox

9 Years Ago

Abbie, I've been told I will lose all my current features if I do that, but I shall take you at your word. Thank you.

UPDATE: I just uploaded a slightly different version. Perhaps the other one had been corrupted, and I may have mixed them up somehow. Thank you, Abbie, for encouraging me to resubmit the image. My Color Palette is now normal, and I did not lose my features. Huge thanks!

 

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