# EPS and AI files give different colors

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eps-and-ai-files-give-different-colors/170841
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**Created:** [November 29, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eps-and-ai-files-give-different-colors/170841 "2005-11-29T21:40:34Z")
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### Author: ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/eps-and-ai-files-give-different-colors/170841/1 "2005-11-29T21:40:34Z")

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Alright, this one is for the people who’ve done professional print jobs before (or understand something I don’t :thumb2: )

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/1986/4e3399f70d47897d.jpg)  
(if you don’t see any difference your monitor / color management needs help)

I’ve finished an poster which I’m just about to send to the printer’s but if i open my document saved as EPS (required print format) and the one saved as AI, there is a blatant color change (the EPS seems more saturated)  
My color profiles are exactly similar (CMYK, Euroscale Coated, pretty much a standard in Europe), so are all my view options.

If I have both documents opened and drag my background from one document to the others, the colors stay the same (ie the EPS files will have a new, duller red background)…

I was able to reproduce this several times so I don’t think it’s a file handling problem. My guess is when assigning a color profile upon opening a document something just act weird (however it shouldn’t as I’m always working with the same color profile)

Has anyone encountered such problem before ?

thanks !

mlk