What color space should my image be in?

USING ADOBE CAMERA RAW

Photoshop opens the image in whatever color space you set in Adobe Camera Raw. That's what "preserve embedded profiles" means. The embedded profile will always override the PS working space. This is how modern color management is intended to work.

Important: Whenever Photoshop updates, go back through these steps and check the settings again because Photoshop will usually revert to its default Adobe settings when it updates. 

There are a number of places in Photoshop you can check to ensure that your image files convert to the correct color space:

Here is an example if you only want to work in sRGB

Edit > Color Settings 

Under Working Spaces RGB should be set to sRGB IEC61966-2.1. 

Under Color Management Policies:

• RGB > Convert to Working RGB
• CMYK > Preserve Embedded Profiles
• Gray > Preserve Embedded Profiles. 

Then, make sure that all three boxes below this are selected so if a file is opened that is NOT in sRGB, a message will pop up to alert you and give you the option to convert it to the correct color space. 

Click OK to close this box.

Edit > Convert to Profile

Under Destination Space, make sure the Profile is sRGB IEC61966-2.0 and click OK to close this box as well. 

Edit > Assign Profile

To verify that an image is in the correct color space in Photoshop, make sure that Working RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 is selected and click OK. 

Once the image is in the correct color space, color and density can be adjusted and other edits made prior to saving the file as a jpg for printing.

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