From 87682c36747937501ef8bd8e1e2c19b6f49e2d6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aiongg <aiongtaigi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:33:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Integration: #836 a grey stop beside a CMYK stop exports as
 the K ink, keeping the PDF shading in DeviceCMYK

(cherry picked from commit f28456d9d33930fcdd48b1c74460d72fe47a6d77)
---
 crates/color/src/lib.rs                   |  1 -
 crates/pdf/src/export.rs                  | 10 +++++++++-
 crates/pdf/tests/gradient_color_spaces.rs |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/color/src/lib.rs b/crates/color/src/lib.rs
index 73a8cb26..24c2798a 100644
--- a/crates/color/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/color/src/lib.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ impl Color {
         let [r, g, b] = self.to_rgb();
         Color::rgb(1.0 - r, 1.0 - g, 1.0 - b)
     }
-    /// Linear interpolation in display RGB.
     /// The colour `t` of the way to `other`. Process inks blend as inks (CMYK with CMYK or grey,
     /// grey with grey), as InDesign blends a gradient's stops; anything else blends in RGB.
     pub fn lerp(&self, other: &Color, t: f32) -> Color {
diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/export.rs b/crates/pdf/src/export.rs
index dcf8abb8..d66ad643 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/export.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/export.rs
@@ -981,7 +981,15 @@ impl Exporter<'_> {
         let (swatch, tint, angle) = (fill.swatch.as_str(), fill.tint, fill.gradient_angle);
         if let Some(g) = designcraft_color::swatch::resolve_gradient(&self.doc.swatches, swatch) {
             let kind = g.kind;
-            let expanded = g.expanded_stops();
+            let mut expanded = g.expanded_stops();
+            // Grey and CMYK stops blend as inks, so a grey stop beside a CMYK one is the K ink.
+            if !self.rgb_only && expanded.iter().any(|(_, c, _)| matches!(c, Color::Cmyk { .. })) {
+                for (_, c, _) in &mut expanded {
+                    if let Color::Gray { k } = *c {
+                        *c = Color::cmyk(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, k);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             // A PDF shading needs one colour space. Midpoint expansion can introduce RGB even
             // when every authored stop is CMYK/Gray; PDF/A can also change the output space.
             let components = |c: &Color| match c {
diff --git a/crates/pdf/tests/gradient_color_spaces.rs b/crates/pdf/tests/gradient_color_spaces.rs
index f9892965..05806a12 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/tests/gradient_color_spaces.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/tests/gradient_color_spaces.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn mixed_gradient_export_survives_in_subprocess() {
     let rgb = Color::rgb(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
     let cmyk = Color::cmyk(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
     let gray = Color::gray(0.4);
-    for colors in [vec![cmyk, rgb], vec![rgb, cmyk], vec![rgb, gray], vec![gray, cmyk], vec![gray, rgb, cmyk]] {
+    for colors in [vec![cmyk, rgb], vec![rgb, cmyk], vec![rgb, gray], vec![gray, rgb, cmyk]] {
         for kind in [GradientKind::Linear, GradientKind::Radial] {
             for standard in [Standard::None, Standard::PdfX4, Standard::PdfA2b] {
                 let d = document(&colors, kind, 0.5, 0.7);
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ fn homogeneous_gradients_keep_device_spaces_and_components() {
         ([Color::rgb(1.0, 0.0, 0.0), Color::rgb(0.0, 0.0, 1.0)], "DeviceRGB", vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0], vec![0.0, 0.0, 1.0]),
         ([Color::cmyk(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0), Color::cmyk(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)], "DeviceCMYK", vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], vec![0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0]),
         ([Color::gray(0.2), Color::gray(0.8)], "DeviceGray", vec![0.8], vec![0.2]),
+        // Grey beside CMYK is the K ink, so the shading stays CMYK.
+        ([Color::gray(0.4), Color::cmyk(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)], "DeviceCMYK", vec![0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.4], vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]),
     ] {
         for standard in [Standard::None, Standard::PdfX4] {
             let report = export_pdf_with_report(