COLORS OFF when print in CMYK mode… HELP!

[candlelilin]

I am working on a project and done all of the pp on the photos; did some test print using my HP deskjet printer and happy with the results. So I went to a local printer to have them printed. They converted the files from RGB mode to CMYK and I nearly fainted with the test print. All the colors are wrong! All colors became ‘less juicy’ and dull, and the skin tones becomes grayish! Overall the entire photo impression is becoming darker. So when I got home I redo the pp in CMYK mode. Overall colors getting slightly better but all the problems mentioned earlier are still there during the second test print! SOS! HELP!

Any suggestions or comments is greatly appreciated.

[OsmosisStudios]

The CMYK colour space is considerably smaller than that of the RGB. What you have to do is, in Photoshop or similar, click Image -> Mode -> CMYK THEN do your editing.