[Zotero 7 Beta] Inconsistent colors of external annotations

mjthoraval
When making annotations in Adobe Acrobat Pro, I get the following highlight colors:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/yg6uiwtg25edtbinjmpj.png
But when I open the same file in Zotero, I get all the colors becoming less visible with very light colors:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/lmq1b4i5gnwmazl0kr8g.png

Other PDF readers seem to be consistent with the original colors:
Foxit:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/pe13tl08pn7hh4b0yxd2.png
Okular:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/sn1w87glw1khu0agogv6.png

Is it possible to keep the same consistent colors in Zotero?

Zotero 7.0.0-beta.68+c31a40c74 (64-bit)
Windows 10
  • martynas_b
    Yes, we could consider not applying opacity to colors that are not standard Zotero colors.
  • mjthoraval
    Thank you.
    Why not simply import all colors as they are?
    If I have an old file with annotations that I want to transfer to Zotero, I would expect being able to keep the same color code in Zotero as I was using before.
  • martynas_b
    It imports all color codes as they are, we just set opacity when annotations are being rendered. We primary need that for our standard colors.
  • mjthoraval
    edited March 20, 2024
    Thank you for the explanation.

    So I understand that the yellow from Adobe Acrobat Pro is not a standard Zotero color. So the yellow imported from there will stay the same as the original annotation after import (after making the correction you propose), instead of applying opacity (as it is currently).

    But then the export process should also apply the opacity to the Zotero standard color to stay consistent during export? Here is what it looks like after export, with the Zotero color becoming a darker yellow, even though the original annotations in each software separately produce the same color:
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/euzlxpbxmhyxi3xdti2n.png
  • drsb
    I have a lot of external annotations in a light pink, which are hardly visible in Zotero. Is there perhaps a workaround, e.g. a setting in the configuration editor by which the opacity can be modified?
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