Caught myself about to tell a client their branding was fine when I realized I'd been using the wrong color profile for 6 years

A print shop in Austin pointed out my RGB workflow after I sent them a file for a brochure and the blues came out purple, and now I'm wondering how many other designers out there are unknowingly ruining their own projects and has anyone else had a moment where a correction changed everything you thought you knew?

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the_joseph20d ago

Wait, six YEARS of RGB-only workflow? That's wild honestly. I mean, most printers will catch it early and say something, but still crazy to think how many projects might've had slightly off colors that nobody ever flagged.

haydenbutler9d ago

Feel that, it's way too easy to miss something like that for years.

nina_jenkins20d ago

Slightly off" is usually invisible to the naked eye anyway.