[Freckle Face]

Hey guys

I'm unfortunately in a job where I cant really learn anything from a superior as my superior has no background in design and he's a tool.

So the basic stuff that people dont get taught in university in this case colour charts, pantones blah blah blah have never been bestowed on me.

Basically in the office I have a colour chart sent to me by our printers which contain cmyk values for the required colour (yes thats right it contains a 'u' and fuck u if you think otherways). When i type in the cmyk values the colour looks a completely different shade than whats on the chart (goes from dark maroon to a vibrant magenta kind of colour). So is this normal ?
I understand there will be some colour change from the screen but this much?

If someone knows of a site which can give me help in this that would be cool.
Especially on how to prep my own coulurs and pantones.

Thanks A Lot guys

[Herr Kurm]

Most probably a problem with your ICC profiles.

[Freckle Face]

Sorry but your gonna have to explain icc profiles.

[Tom_E]

The screen can have a reasonably large effect – is the monitor calibrated properly?

Matching colour can be challenging, and at times seemingly imposssible, at the last place I worked we had a £20,000 digital Cromalin machine to double check colours on our most high profile jobs, still we sometimes had mixed results with the final printed media, despite liaising with the printers.

[Coops]

Originally Posted by Freckle Face

...the required colour (yes thats right it contains a 'u' and fuck u if you think otherways)

[Freckle Face]

Originally Posted by Tom_E

The screen can have a reasonably large effect – is the monitor calibrated properly?

Matching colour can be challenging, and at times seemingly imposssible, at the last place I worked we had a £20,000 digital Cromalin machine to double check colours on our most high profile jobs, still we sometimes had mixed results with the final printed media, despite liaising with the printers.

Yeah we havent got one of them i can't even get a pantone book out of his cheap ass.

[Hunch]

Originally Posted by Freckle Face

So the basic stuff that people dont get taught in university in this case colour charts, pantones blah blah blah have never been bestowed on me.

What uni did you go to? I'd ask for a refund.

[Mandy Moo]

Originally Posted by Freckle Face

Yeah we havent got one of them i can't even get a pantone book out of his cheap ass.

Not even a Pantone book? They are cheap asses. We get new swatches every year, the old ones gets destroyed, otherwise I wouldn't mind one for my freelance use.

[Herr Kurm]

Check your colour profile under Edit - Colour settings (in most CS3 apps). Also calibrationg your monitor will do good.