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About Color Spaces
What Is Color Space?
A color space is a range of colors that can be represented; each device has its own color space.
For example, when the same image is displayed on two types of monitor, the color tones may appear
different from each other. One cause of this is the difference in color spaces.
Since the appearance varies by color space, it is important to consider color spaces when performing
color management.
sRGB and Adobe RGB
While the color space varies by device, you cannot unify color tones under the use of different color
spaces.
sRGB and Adobe RGB are color spaces designed to enable communication between devices in a
unified color space. The graph below shows the color spaces of sRGB and Adobe RGB.
Visible region
Adobe RGB
sRGB
Printer
Each color space has the following characteristics.
An international standard established
Overview by the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC)
Characteristic Widely used in general
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sRGB
A definition of color space proposed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated
The color space that can be
Utilizing Print Studio Pro
Useful Information
Adobe RGB