How can the same image look different on the same color monitor depending on whether I chose RGB/Windows or RGB/Macintosh and also look rather different on the actual mugs?
Because of the way the two computer platforms handle color, the same image is “seen” differently on either a PC or a Mac monitor. You can very easily “see” this difference if you open an image, for example, with PhotoShop, and then from the Menu select >View >Preview and then alternate between the >Macintosh RGB and >Windows RGB formats. The numerical values of the colors do not change at all. They are identical in both views, yet the images display completely differently. The RGB/Macintosh appears to be “lighter” in appearance, and “darker” in RGB/Windows mode. And while we’re at this, you might also want to take this opportunity to check on the “printability” of your image by turning the Gamut warning on: by going to View >Gamut_Warning. Immediately you’ll see which colors cannot be printed as seen on your monitor so that you can change them to colors that can be printed. (See also an expert’s opinion on this.) Based on this fact – and many others mentioned elsewhere in this web site
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