Hi Jeff,

One thought. Keep your swatch books handy.

Wanna have some fun? Copy and paste your JPEG from your post into a new XDP document.
Draw a circle or square next to it.
Hit CTRL+E to pull up the color editor.
Make sure the CMYK color model is being used.
Use the eye dropper to select the blue field in your screen shot.
While it is not, well, perfect, it is sampling from a screen shot.

Now, while the CMYK color model is still being used, select from that wonderful blue XDP seems to choke on. Once you release the mouse button, did it turn back to what looks like black?

Now, change the color model to HSV. Using the eye dropper, select from that nice navy blue again. Did it stick? Yep.

Now do the same experiment with the RGB color model. The navy blue sticks.

I'll keep a tight hold on all my various color books. Well, and know in faith that my output will be correct (cause it is).

Take care, Mike