Keeping color true from AI & PS to ID

[kimartin]

Color profile is set to CMYK in all of my Illustrator and Photoshop files. But when I place them into an Indesign document, the colors change on printout. Usually, they get darker and less saturated. What's the fix?

[The Repro Kid]

Your settings should be the same in InDesign as well. Also what are you using for your RGB profile? It's possible to have an inappropriate RGB profile selected, which will give you a false preview, so the printout is actually correct, but what you see on screen is not.

[eugenetyson]

You can control colours across your apps from Bridge

Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS), and click Advanced.
Select Enable Color Management In Bridge.

When you specify Creative Suite color settings using Adobe Bridge, color settings are automatically synchronized, ensuring that colors look the same in all color-managed Adobe Creative Suite 3 components. For instructions on setting up color management using Bridge, search for “synchronize color settings” in your component’s Help.

But it only works in the Suite version. In standalone apps the option isn't there, even if you bought all 3 separately.