# Color slector out of gamut **URL:** \ **Category:** Basics & Interface\ **Tags:** colour-issues\ **Created:** [August 23, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284 "2026-08-23T14:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/julian_carlo_fagotti/32/75659_2.png) [@Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/u/Julian_Carlo_Fagotti)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/1 "2026-08-23T14:33:03Z")
Is there a way to prevent out of gamut colors from appearing in the color picker? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/crazycatbird/32/26371_2.png) [@CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/u/CrazyCatBird)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/2 "2026-08-23T16:38:08Z")
I’m wondering if this might be of use: > **[Wide Gamut Color Selector](https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/wide_gamut_color_selector.html)** > > Overview of the Wide Gamut Color Selector docker. ---
**Author:** ![Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/julian_carlo_fagotti/32/75659_2.png) [@Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/u/Julian_Carlo_Fagotti)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/3 "2026-08-24T09:21:37Z")
I’ve already tested all kinds of color pickers, and I’ve enabled “the color picker uses a different color space than the image.” But the blacks and saturated colors outside the color gamut space keep appearing in the picker. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/crazycatbird/32/26371_2.png) [@CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/u/CrazyCatBird)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/4 "2026-08-24T11:25:53Z")
What is your color space? 🤔 I always use the default and this problem does not show up for me. ---
**Author:** ![Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/julian_carlo_fagotti/32/75659_2.png) [@Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/u/Julian_Carlo_Fagotti)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/5 "2026-08-25T09:27:50Z")
I use the image with Adobe RGB (1998), and the color proof in CMYK Gracol2006\_Coated1v2.icc. ---
**Author:** ![wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/wolthera/32/236085_2.png) [@wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/u/wolthera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/6 "2026-08-25T10:59:35Z")
Make sure to use blackpoint compensation with the softproofing, and also for the final conversion to CMYK. The color selectors always use blackpoint compensation. Beyond that, try to accept colors are sometimes out of gamut. The thing you don’t want to be out of gamut are your most important contrasts (so if one color in a contrast is out of gamut, that is fine, but it becomes a problem if both colors participating in a contrast are out of gamut, because then it might get lost). ---
**Author:** ![Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/julian_carlo_fagotti/32/75659_2.png) [@Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/u/Julian_Carlo_Fagotti)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/7 "2026-08-26T17:27:08Z")
Black point compensation is enabled. My problem is that I have many colors in the color picker that are outside the color profile. ---
**Author:** ![wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/wolthera/32/236085_2.png) [@wolthera](https://krita-artists.org/u/wolthera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/8 "2026-08-27T06:59:58Z")
You have three options: 1. Use the specific color selector, and only use the cmyk color profile you’re proofing against. 2. Use the wide gamut color selector and set the custom color space in the settings to the proofing color profile. 3. Use the advanced color selector and set the custom color space in the settings to the proofing color profile. Now, you will still have out-of-gamut warnings when selecting colors at the edge of the gamut. This is because of rounding errors when converting those colors to the image colorspace (adobe rgb in this case). This is inevitable with CMYK profiles, because they are LUT based. However, if you turn off the out-gamut-warnings, you will see that the colors are virtually the same (because they are). The most important thing is that the important contrasts aren’t out of gamut, and the out-of-gamut-warnings are meant to be a guide to figure out whether the important contrasts are out of gamut. Nothing will break if a color by itself is out of gamut. ---
**Author:** ![Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/julian_carlo_fagotti/32/75659_2.png) [@Julian\_Carlo\_Fagotti](https://krita-artists.org/u/Julian_Carlo_Fagotti)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/9 "2026-08-31T16:21:31Z")
The solution I came up with was to create a color palette using the profile that will be printed. It only includes the basic colors: black, white, cyan, yellow, green, 100% M 100% C blue, and 100% C 100% Y green. When I can’t find a color in the color picker within my profile, I create it by mixing these basic colors. Mixing these colors doesn’t affect the print profile. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/color-slector-out-of-gamut/189284/10 "2026-09-30T16:22:20Z")
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