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Managing color in Acrobat

Colors must often be converted when they are displayed to a monitor or sent to a printer.

This will always be the case when the color models do not match (for example, when

CMYK color is displayed on an RGB monitor). The techniques used for these conversions

are based on the use of ICC profiles. For managed colors, this conversion is well

understood because managed colors are described using ICC profiles. Unmanaged colors,

however, do not use ICC profiles, so one must be temporarily assumed for the purpose of

conversion. The Color Management panel of the Preferences dialog box provides profiles

for converting unmanaged colors. You can also select specific profiles based on local

press conditions.

The soft-proofing feature allows you to use your monitor to accurately see how colors in

an Adobe PDF document will look when rendered on a particular output device. (See

At print time, you can determine whether to manage color on the host computer or on the

printer. Host-based color management gives better control over the output color space and

more predictable ICC workflows. (See

Related Subtopics:

Using predefined color management settings

Specifying working spaces for unmanaged colors

RGB working space options

CMYK working space options

Grayscale working space options

Specifying a color management engine

Using output intents

Using black-point compensation

Adding device profiles to the color management system

Specifying output

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