Color Management ConceptsUpdated: March 5, 2001
File name: ColorMgmtConcepts.doc
About This DownloadColor Management Concepts This download white paper is a practical discussion of digital color reproduction issues. It combines conceptual explanations and practical guidance with an overview of devices, communication protocols, user intentions, viewing conditions, and color management systems. It also provides extensive references to prior art and current research. For areas covered adequately elsewhere, this paper includes overviews with references to other sources of information. The goal is to provide clear explanations of the major issues involved in implementing a digital color reproduction system. Each component in a digital color reproduction system is described in this paper, with explanations of the underlying concepts. This paper also describes how to characterize color capabilities with respect to how the human visual system perceives color. The common protocols to communicate color between devices and across systems are also described. This paper also addresses the critical component of preserving the users' intentions throughout the reproduction process, together with a discussion of issues and methods for compensating for each device's viewing conditions. |
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