Color Help Please!!!!!!

[Guest]

Hi,

I have an issue if anyone can shed some light on it...It would be WONDERFUL

when I draw in paint & then print out what I have drawn the colors do not
print the same as shown on my screen...for example when I draw in lime green
it comes out a much darker green no where even close to what lime green is
supposed to be or as it appears on my screen...any suggestions?

Thanks in advance Lisa

 

[kenkcj]

This issue may be due to the printer you are using. If its a standard inkjet
printer then it will only have a limited spectrum of colors that it can go
through. This is due to the fact that there are only 3 colors that its
printing from.. magenta, cyan and yellow and only a minimal size dot pitch
for each of these given colors. When you start doing specific colors the
printer will only be able to mix those 3 colors based off the distribution
of each cartridge/color. Thats why it will be fairly difficult to get a
bright green such as the one that you're using. If you need these specific
colors, then the best option would be to go out and get a higher end printer
such as a photo capable printer that includes the light cyan and light
magenta to give a little bit broader spectrum of colors. In the meantime I'd
recommend using primary colors instead. Best of luck

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much that makes perfect sense...My husband was told our pc
would need to be calibrated to adjust the colors to match the screen..ever
hear of that?

 

[JS]

It called ICC color calibration:
For more info see:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/colorcalibration/Color_Calibration_and_Profiling.htm

JS

 

[Guest]

yeh,

you need to calibrate your screen.

there are different ways to do this
so you will have to research your graphics
software method and or the color printers
website.

however, using your example, the problem is that
you are viewing a lime green color
but the printer is actually printing dark green.

what this implies is that your screen has likely
been adjusted to be brighter. Although you
may be selecting something that "looks" like lime
green on the brighten screen, your actual selection
is something that is dark green.

and because the screen is likely to be calibrated
to be brighter overall, all the colors will be adjusted by
the monitor to appear brighter than the actual colors printed.

this can also be a problem if you will be printing on
paper that is a shade of paper other than white.

to resolve the issue of uncalibrated greens
you should adjust your monitor to be darker
or adjust all the colors manually to closely match
your printer.

using the buttons on your monitor. adjust them
to match the printed colors.

another method to calibrate your screen is to print
a calibration sheet with varying shades of colors.. Then hold that
sheet next to your screen and adjust your monitor to match
the printed colors. You may already realize but the color
or shade of paper also alter the colors you select
on screen.

there is programs that can adjust your screen
colors via software by saving your color presets
like the colors and the hues in a color profiles file
referred as "icc profiles".

I have a couple icc profiles that i can select
to automatically adjust my screen to either my
color printers or the color printer that walmart
uses for printing my uploaded pictures.

here are a couple of links that can add
some color to this issue:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A0-7721-43CA-9174-7F8D429FBB9E&displaylang=en

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=download+color


- db

 

[kenkcj]

Calibrating the screen may work, as your husband and the other posts have
mentioned. However one quick question if I may ask as well. You said that
you're trying to draw and print in lime green. Are you selecting the color
just by look or are you hovering your mouse over and choosing the green with
the "lime green" caption? If this is the case, then it is definitely a color
issue with the printer that you are using. Otherwise if you are just
selecting by eye, then calibration would definitely solve the issue.

 

[Guest]

I guess you could say I'm selecting it by what I see...so calibration you
think is the way to go then?

 

[bud]

Hi,

I have an issue if anyone can shed some light on it...It would be
WONDERFUL

when I draw in paint & then print out what I have drawn the colors do not
print the same as shown on my screen...for example when I draw in lime
green
it comes out a much darker green no where even close to what lime green is
supposed to be or as it appears on my screen...any suggestions?

Thanks in advance Lisa

Here's a chart of colors by their hex numbers. Draw something Using the
color hex numbers and see how your printer looks.
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/colors/article.php/3478961