My apologies if this is an old question that has been asked and answered a million times.
I have a corporate logo which was produced in Illustrator (created in RGB using the sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1 profile) that I want to export to a PNG file then insert into MS PowerPoint presentation. The problem is that the apparent color is changing. I am quite certain this is related to color management and I need some help getting this right.
Note: My monitor is calibrated and Windows is using the monitor profile. My default Illustrator color working space is sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1.
I think the best way to explain my confusion is by way of an example of one of the colors in the logo and a third-party color picker tool.
In Illustrator, with the sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1 profile assigned, the color has RGB values of 195, 22, 28. According to the color picker, the RGB values of the apparent color are 169, 52, 38 - and this is the desired color. When I export the PNG and insert it into PowerPoint, the RGB values are 195, 22, 28, but this is the ‘wrong’ color.
If I assign the monitor profile, Illustrator still reports RGB values of 195, 22, 28, but the color picker now reports RGB values of 195, 22, 28; and this is the same color as in PowerPoint. But again, this is the wrong color.
The color I want is 169, 52, 38. What is the correct combination of color setting, profile assignments, whatever, such that this is the color which appears when the PNG is imported into PowerPoint? I am assuming that there is a way to accomplish this which does not require actually changing the colors in the Illustrator document itself.
Thank you!