Option to replace RGB sliders with HSB everywhere - all swatches and all color pickers.
We need ability to universally use HSB instead of RBG. I want the ability to fully replace RGB input and sliders with HSB everywhere in AI. I never want to look at RGB sliders ever again.
This request is all over the forum in different phrasings/forms but unfortunately that has divided the votes leading to lower ranking.
There is a similar report, now marked as fixed, but users say it’s not:
Illustrator forgets which color mode is set in the Color palette (and Gradient)
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31343119

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K-O commented
We need the option to set the RGB workspace to always use HSB sliders. In my ideal workspace, I would never ever see an RGB slider.
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Yeah, a general switch, I get it. Still a new thing :)
Different wording is a problem, but that’s how language works. Requests and reports get merged not by similar wording, but by content similarity.
'Magic wand' can be a word that cause problems. Auto-ban system never worked in Ai :)
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K-O commented
Egor, Thanks for the response. But, I did not ask to "get rid of RGB". I asked for the option to set/replace RGB sliders with HSB across the workspace. Similar to how we can switch from imperial to metric as the units.
I personally, as with most people never want to use RGB sliders. But some people may. They are out there.
I wrote a new request to attempt to clarify the language. If you look through the forum there are many comments about the same things, but they are all so differently worded. End up being hard to find or decipher.And yes, I made a new account and retired the old one. ( The one which the admin censored the apparently problematic word: "Magic wand" )
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Hey, Keith, you are correct, there are plenty of HSB-related requests, and that request you shared has the same reason underneath.
Funny that you added your vote to it, but created another one that blurs that votes further, according to you :)
Do not worry! The team tries to track and merge similar requests (those about Magic Wand you voted for got merged too).
However, this request of yours, while being about HSB as well, won’t be merged — because you decided to keep it separate from the major one and specifically described the reason, 'get rid of RGB'. The 87-votes one is about one specific issue, that is smaller than your request — and that’s why that request can’t be merged with this one.
But notes are taken. Thanks!
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Anonymous commented
スウォッチオプションでカラーを変更するときが問題です。
カラーバーがRGBになっているので
カラーモードをHSBにするがRBGのままです。
一度、CMYKなどにしてからHSBに設定すると
カラーバーもHSBになります。Adobe Illustrator 2021( いつも最新版です。)
mac OS 10.15.7たとえば、最初からカラーを取り扱う設定を決められれば良いと思います。
新規ドキュメント 詳細でカラーモードを設定するときに、CMYK、RGB、HSBと選べればいいと思います。
HSBはRGBではありますが。。。
とにかくHSB固定にして欲しい。 -
Anonymous commented
最近、この問題起こっています。終わりにしないでください!再現したらまたコメントします!
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Eric Shelton commented
Been happening to me consistently for a couple years.
Makes using HSB ridiculous. What do you mean you can't reproduce the issue inhouse? Then go to ANY cafe, someone will have their laptop with Illustrator. Borrow it and you will see. Please fix this!
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Jan Vork commented
Using Swatch Options is a real pain.
I like to work in HSB, but the palette switches to RGB all the time (while the drop down is still on HSB).
And, secondly, it forgets that I like to have the Preview on - why shouldn't anyone don't like to? Please let it remember the user's choices. Thanks!See movie for the struggle.
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AdminPCM Maro (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) commented
こちら新たな情報がありませんので、対応終了とさせていただきます。
もし、追加情報があるようでしたら、コメント可能な状態にしておきますので、ご投稿ください。今後ともよろしくお願いいたします。
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Noah Wakefield commented
This happens to me, too. And it is tedious when changing a lot of global swatches.
To reproduce, double click a swatch change the color mode to HSB. Click OK. Double click that swatch or another swatch again. It will show a color mode of HSB but the sliders are RGB.
Currently I'm using Windows 10.0.19042
AI version 25.4.1 64-bit -
Flant commented
Here is a video of the problem
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Flant commented
Here is a video of the problem
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Afonso commented
Still happening on Illustrator 25.3.1....
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Jan Vork commented
Seems to have to do with the order things are managed in the code of Ai.
(See my request about the New Document dialog, where something alike happens).
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Emile commented
Same for me - had this issue for about 6 months
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Anonymous commented
カラーモードHSBで作業している。カラーの変更をするために、その下のカラーバーで変更しようとするがRGBのまま。
いちいちRGBにしてからまたHSBに変更するとHSBになる。
カラーモードの固定をお願いします。
以前はこのようなバグはありませんでした。 -
Jay Bond commented
When I double-click a swatch colour that was made in HSB mode the Swatch Options window pops up with HSB selected as the mode but displays sliders for RGB. Switching the mode to something else and back to HSB fixes the issue.
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Jan Vork commented
When switching to HSB, the RGB sliders remain.
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Cristobal Vila commented
Illustrator CC2021 (v25.1)
In a RGB document, create a new Swatch Color:
Swatch Options: “Process Color”, “Global”, “Color Mode: HSB”
Define your color (using HSB sliders) and swatch name. Press OK.
Double click again on that color, and here comes the PROBLEM:
You can see the “Color Mode: HSB”
BUT
Your color sliders are for R,G,B not for H,S,B (!!!)
To edit your color as HSB you need to change “Color Mode: RGB” and again “Color Mode: HSB”
Imagine this issue editing dozens of colors…
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Calzone commented
After defining a global color if you double-click it to redefine it, the panel displays RGB sliders even though I had previously selected HSB. The Color Mode drop-down menu displays "HSB" but the controls/sliders are for RGB. The only way to edit the color correctly is for me to change the drop-down value to something else, then back to HSB.