Hot take: I wasted a full day trying to match a specific shade of blue from a photo

Client sent a reference image and said 'just get the blue right'... sounded easy. I spent 4 hours in Photoshop just sampling and adjusting, but the print proof looked totally wrong. Turns out the photo was taken under warm indoor light, so the actual color was a cooler cyan. Had to find the original object and scan it, which took another 3 hours. Anyone else get completely derailed by bad reference images?

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casey81811d ago

I once spent a whole afternoon trying to match a pink from a sunset photo... the client's logo was actually neon magenta.

the_jenny12d ago

Ugh, bad reference pics are the absolute worst, I feel your pain.

sarahpark12d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, "bad reference pics" can totally ruin the whole vibe of a project.