Thanks a lot, I worked it out.. I tried that but I cant work with that color profile as it gives me a headache and is all blue!
I too am on a mac..
I know the workaround to select colours using the paint bucket and eyedroppper on the left.. ( not the fill in properties ) but this is useless when selecting for gradients.
Ahwell, hopefully it gets sorted but I know its been going on for forever. balls.