Great shot. Looks more blue on my monitor...time to recalibrate, perhaps! I dont' think I've had a tootsie roll in maybe a decade. I should hunt one down. :)

it's been ages since I had a tootsie roll too! :)

care to share?

niceeee! Now I want one of those! :)

love the detail, but the brown pops are the best ;)

it's blue on mine, too. if you're using PS on a Mac there's some weirdness with purples and blues, though none of your other photos have looked "off". I have a liink somewhere about how to adjust if this is the case, email me if you want it, I'll track it down.

Yum! Now I want one. Although I have to agree with Gwen, brown is the best.

Big thanks to Gwen, who took the time to help me with the color problem. The lollipops now look as purple as in real life thanks to her work, which I probably wouldn't have done as well (or as quickly).

I also agree with her that the brown ones are the best (cherry are a close second). Hehe why do you think I had 3 purple ones left? They are my least favorite! :)

not my least favorite. "least favorite" implies that, at some point, id actually eat them. Yuck.
8P

Shut off color management in any Adobe program. Unless you're controlling the workflow from start to finish and every program and peripheral is set correctly, this sort of color management sucks.

Your monitor should be calibrated, of course, and maybe your printer (don't bother if it's an inkjet, since their color sucks anyway you cut it), but that's it. Basically, unless it's coming from your camera/scanner and ending up as your jpeg/gif/etc. our printout, you're just going to pass on screwed up color.

Now when it comes to calibrating a monitor, have good light (not sunlight nor florescent office lights) and a print piece of what you're calibrating to. Say a painting and a picture of a painting (nature photos work best, actually). Start with the manufacturer's calibration profile, then match the color with your eye to the print piece.

Just use the manufacturer's calibration profile for printers.

If you come across embedded color profiles in a file, accept what's embedded, then convert to no color management if possible. If not, convert to a generic RGB (web)/CMYK (print) profile.

Did I miss anything?