Need colors to be consistent between Illustrator and InDesign CS2

[Diane_King@adobeforums.com]

I'm importing an AI border into ID and I need to match the CMYK colors. I have the color spaces synced and the document set to CMYK in Illustrator, but when I try to use the eyedropper tool to get a color off the AI file in ID, I get a warning that the color is an RGB proxy. If I convert the resulting color to CMYK it is not the same color value as in AI, but when I use the same color value as in AI, the colors don't match. What am I doing wrong?

Creative Suite 2 on Dual G5, OS X (all my software has been updated to whatever is current)

[Diane_King@adobeforums.com]

Yes, I can get the colors in ID that way, but I need them to match the AI file because I'll have them next to each other. If I use the correct values, they don't match. That's the problem. How do I know what will come out on the press?

[Bob Levine]

If they don't match you don't have the color management settings
syncronized on both applications.

If you have the suite you can do that in the Bridge Center.

Bob

[Diane_King@adobeforums.com]

My fault. I had the color values in ID wrong. I just got out my Pantone process coated guide and actually chose colors based on the final output instead of appearance on screen (what I should have done from the beginning). They match now. Sorry to post my problem when it was "my problem." Thanks.