# Color drift

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308>\
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**Created:** [March 23, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308 "2003-03-23T14:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@ping](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ping)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/1 "2003-03-23T14:52:59Z")

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if you look at the rgb file in photoshop, the purple is washed out in flashmx.

is this me again?

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/2 "2003-03-23T14:54:34Z")

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the file

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/3 "2003-03-23T15:12:40Z")

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not sure what you are seeing, but I downloaded both files and  
don’t see anything wrong with the colors [??].

washed out?

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/4 "2003-03-23T15:19:44Z")

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i work with color a lot and i look for subtleties in hue sat etc.

the photshop is a purplish color, but after importing it to flash, the image has drifted from purple towards light blue.

the difference is noticeble if the two files are viewed simultaneously or side by side.

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/5 "2003-03-23T15:57:49Z")

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ok i’ll give that a try…

In the meantime, try going to the Library, and checking the  
properties of that bitmap. make sure that smoothing is NOT  
checked, and also that the quality of the jpeg image is up.

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**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/color-drift/16308/6 "2003-03-23T16:11:02Z")

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photoshop has its own color settings for displaying its colors. Chances are they are just different than ‘normal’ display settings. Either that or you might be workign in CMYK or somehting. Have you tried opening the image in another application and comparing that to the Flash version?