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Chapter 1. Color Management Background - Kodak

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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>1.</strong> <strong>Color</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Background</strong><br />

<strong>Color</strong> Spaces<br />

<strong>Color</strong> Spaces<br />

Dependent <strong>Color</strong> Spaces<br />

Fundamentally different in the way that they capture or create color.<br />

• Additive<br />

• Subtractive<br />

Independent color space<br />

Captured with a measurement device<br />

Additive <strong>Color</strong>: RGB<br />

• Red, Green, Blue (RGB)<br />

• Dependent <strong>Color</strong> Space<br />

• Depends on emitted light<br />

• All 3 = white light<br />

• Any 2 = Subtractive Primary<br />

• None = Black<br />

• Cannot “create” black with this model, have to start off with black<br />

• Devices<br />

• Monitors / TVs<br />

• Scanners<br />

• Digital Cameras<br />

Subtractive <strong>Color</strong>: CMYK<br />

• Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black<br />

• Dependent color space<br />

• Depends on light reflection<br />

• All 3 colors = Black<br />

• Any 2 = Additive Primary<br />

• None = White<br />

• Cannot create white with this model, have to start off with white<br />

• Devices<br />

• Printers<br />

<strong>Color</strong> <strong>Management</strong> and Workflow User Guide 1 - 3

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