Copied object is pasting darker than original

[lnt2021]

I need some help. When I copy say a square with the color blue, it is pasting as a purple-ish color. Then, just to see what it would do, I copy/pasted the purple... did the same thing a couple more times and ended up with a brown color. How do I get my copied objects to be the same color!?

Also, I just had to uninstall/re-install corelDRAW x4 and after the new installation is when this all started happening.

Thanks!

 

[Jim Doggett]

It could be the way colors are appearing on screen, in CorelDRAW versus the program you're pasting into (check the actual color values)

Also, if pasting a CorelDRAW object, by default CMYK into Photoshop for example, where the file is RGB, you'll see a color-shift, typically darker.

Lastly, CorelDRAW screen drivers are magenta light. Purplish stuff looks more blue. Also the "Blue" on the CorelDRAW pallet is magenta-heavy. Build your own by sampling the color in Photoshop, which tends to look on-screen much more like what you'll get when printing. That alone, IMO, warrants owning a copy Photoshop, which is a terrific product going way back to 7, which you can buy online really cheaply.

My $0.02,

 

[J Hill Designs]

or you have overprint turned on -- view -> enhanced (no overprint)

 

[lnt2021]

thanks jim and jhill.

jim, i am copy/pasting directly into corel only. when pasted, the color properties do change.
also, it is happening with any color that i use: red, green, blue, pink, yellow...

jhill, i did have overprints turned on, but nothing changed when i went back to enhanced.

is there anything else that i should try? it's really frustrating when i have to change colors of every little thing every single time.

 

[lnt2021]

here is what is happening. the far back boxes are what i started out with. and then from there, they change.

copied the first box
pasted
copied the pasted box
pasted
and so on...

 

[J Hill Designs]

wierd - maybe try resetting the preferences - F8 while the program is loading

 

[lnt2021]

Thanks jhill!

That worked great. Not sure what happened to make it do that, but it's working now.