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[PrintPlanet.com] If the Document CMYK blending space is selected, our CMYK artwork with transparency maintains correct color, but our non-transparent RGB images appear to be converted to CMYK. We observe this conversion happening when the transparent object is placed on the artboard in InDesign, and it is consistent in the PDF and printed output.
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[InDesignSecrets] InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » RGB to CMYK (.0): They will be converted on output (or earlier if you use transparency and your transparency space is CMYK) with the same result - as long as you don't change your color settings. If someone is adventerous enough to pick RGB colors in InDesign using kuler or based on the color they see on screen, then I don't see any good reason to convert them to CMYK in the Swatches panel.
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