# Colours in Photoshop 7 + Illustrator 10
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colours-in-photoshop-7-illustrator-10/45265
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**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colours-in-photoshop-7-illustrator-10/45265 "2004-03-12T15:48:31Z")
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### Author:  [@wilma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wilma)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colours-in-photoshop-7-illustrator-10/45265/1 "2004-03-12T15:48:31Z")
Hi,
I’m wondering if anyone out there knows why if i create a new image in illustrator with a solid background colour of #ffcc33 and then save it as an .eps why is it that when i open that eps in photoshop i loose the original colour. Instead when i click on the colour with the eyedropper tool in photoshop it always returns a colour of #F5D748.
This is not just unique to that particular colour. if you do the same process with any other colour and open in photoshop the program always picks a different colour for the eps than you gave it in illustrator.
My colour setting are exactly the same in illustrator as they are in photoshop as i copied the .csf colour file over.
Someone else on an adobe forum mentioned that If you try and create that colour in a CMYK document, it will immediately
change. It is out-of-gamut for a CMYK profile.
Does this mean photoshop and illustrator have different CMYK profiles, cause when you open a .eps that you created in illustrator, in CMYK mode, in photoshop in CMYK mode the colours are different.
why??
will
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colours-in-photoshop-7-illustrator-10/45265/2 "2004-03-15T09:56:26Z")
can’t believe this has beaten you guys…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/colours-in-photoshop-7-illustrator-10/45265/3 "2004-03-15T11:38:57Z")
i have had the same problems in the past , i have found that tiff images work out better for matching colour. Its been a while since i actually tried a eps format file from photoshop to ai… i ll give it a few goes and reply.
cheers
.soulty