Why are colors different on my MacBook Pro?
I am struggling with some color issues and am wondering if anyone can help shed some light on what's going on.
We have several macs in our office that we use for developing printed and interactive materials. We occasionally need to grab files from clients' websites for editing or reference. When we spec colors for web use, we typically use 8-bit hex. Here is where the problem begins:
If we all open the same webpage in Safari, then check colors using Apple's DigitalColor Meter (RGB 8-bit hex), everyone gets the same colors numbers -- except me. For example if everyone checks the same blue background on a page, they all get 163B98 except me. I get 153997. The diffence is small, but it is still different.
Everyone is running custom monitor profiles based on their individaul calibration settings, however it doesn't seem to matter which color profile is being used for the display profile. Switching profiles changes the appearance of the colors, but not the numbers.
I rebooted into Safe Mode to see if something like Adobe CS2's color sync or some background daemon might be the cause, but nothing changed.
Can anyone suggest why my colors numbers would be different? Most of the machines are G5's or Powerbooks running the most recent OS, except me. I'm on a MacBook Pro with an Intel procressor. Could that have anything to do with it?
If you open System Preferences / Displays / Color can
you change the color profile to others in the list?
Or, do you get a "beep" and no change?
I can change the color profile.
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