Re: RGB with no profile for the web?

Subject: Re: RGB with no profile for the web?

From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>

Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:03:20 -0800 (GMT-08:00)

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In a message dated Feb 9, 2007 12:52 AM, Paul Schilliger wrote:

I know some say it is no good, for the monitor profile only works for my monitor. But if the profile is removed, why should it matter?

As you say, your monitor profile works correctly only on *your* monitor, and no one else's.

So, it matters, because you have no way to know what kind of colors will be generated by the RGB numbers of your monitor profile (embedded or not) on another user's system.

If you convert to sRGB, instead, you have a better chance of hitting upon colors that are more likely to look OK on most displays, since Microsoft and HP made sRGB a standard of sorts for CRT computer displays about 10 years ago. Things are slightly different today, due to the prevalence of LCDs, but sRGB still remains your best bet, though imperfect.

Marco Ugolini

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