On screen colour discrepancies

Hello

I am having issues with consistency of screen colours. I know my screen is not calibrated or really any good but I would expect the CMY colour to be consitant across applications on the same screen.

I made a square on a page and gave it Pantone 302 C, exported it to PDF and the adobe reader shows a different colour.

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Who is wrong here Xara or Adobe?


Thanks

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Xara applications are not color managed. What is seen on screen is not necessarily what you'll get. If you were intending on outputting as a spot color you need to use one of the pdf/x profiles or the native option to retain the spot color.

If you were picking a spot color by eye in an Xara application, don't. Best to use a swatch book.

OK thanks

I think you get your answer that very nice ...