Color changes when image copied

[Sondzin]

I am placing a JPG image into ID CS2. The image is purple in color. When I copy the image, the purple in the image changes to blue. It happens if I copy it by copying and pasting, or by dragging it and holding ALT, or if I use Transform.
Also, when I print it, the color difference is there, both purple and blue!

I can place a second one of the same image, and the color is fine.

I have included an image showing the color difference.

Any ideas, clues, solutions? Has anyone had this happen to them? It also happens in CS3.

Thanks,
David

http://www.gomailmedia.com/card-color-change.jpg

[The Repro Kid]

Not that this answers any of your questions, but why is your client providing such a critical piece of their Business Communications art as a JPG? A jpg will print 4/c, but the artwork is clearly a two color print job. Not only is small JPG text undesirable for printing, but the blue/purple background probably contains all four process colors so printing and registering the knock out type will be a nightmare. These are the primary problems with the artwork you are trying to print. Make it a two color job, as it should be, and the color difference issues won't exist.

[studio3k]

Check to see if they are using different profiles. Maybe when you import a file it attaches itself to a profile, but when copied and pasted the program doesn't respect the profile attached and chooses a default profile. You can check this by right clicking on the image and chosing graphics, image color settings.

[Lukas Engqvist]

IF you want the jgp to be a different colour than it is the simplest way is to assign the correct ICC profile. If you have no ICC profile then the default RGB space is used for RGB images. I use the ECI RGB as default RGB as my working RGB, but find that screendumps and "office"-art does not appear as I want. rightclicking an image lets me assign coloursettings, and there choose sRGB for this kind of art.

The prefered method is to tagg/asign ICC profiles to all RGB images. An RGB image without an ICC is like a map without a scale!

And yes…if you are purposing for print a two-colour print is to be considered ;)

Lukas

[flatlinegraphics]

sounds like it may be an out of gamut problem, or placing an rgb image into a cmyk document.

also, right click (option-click) on the copied one and select "display performance - > high quality display". copied objects use view settings by default.

in general, try not to use jpgs unless you actually made them. jpg artifacting can ruin a print job, esp a two color layout like that. even a gif would be better (assuming 300dpi ofcourse).