RGB Color Space Info Request
RGB Color Space Info Request
- Subject: RGB Color Space Info Request
- From: "Bruce J. Lindbloom" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:49:52 -0600
I knew that when Barry Gorrell originally asked for comments about working
spaces, he would hit a nerve with some people. I just had to smile when I
saw the variety of responses. Spanning the entire "gamut" all the way from
those who have spent countless hours developing their own working spaces to
those who say that it doesn't even matter what working space you choose (so
stop talking about it!) to those who are happily not using any working space
at all.
So it got me thinking. Is the choice of working space important? How do you
choose the best working space? (I suppose you could just pick "BestRGB"
since they wouldn't have let Don Hutcheson name it that if it wasn't really
the best, right? Just teasing you, Don.) How do you compare the relative
merits of two working spaces? What are the desirable properties of a working
space? How would you go about designing one that meets certain criteria
(aside from using trial and error)? These are tough questions, and the more
I think about them, the more I realize how little I understand about this.
In an effort to get some sort of grip on working spaces, I have collected
some information pertaining to 15 of the most common ones and have put it
under the title "Information About RGB Working Spaces" in the "Color"
section of my web site. I hope it will give a better intuitive understanding
of different working spaces. For the benefit of those who don't have
ColorThink (like me), I have also included some very simple views of these
working space gamuts. You can find it here:
<
http://www.brucelindbloom.com/WorkingSpaceInfo.html>
Anyway, I just found the whole issue very thought provoking and I hope
others have also (always keep an open mind). I thought I knew more about
this topic than I really do. It will give me something to ponder over the
Thanksgiving holiday...
--
Bruce J. Lindbloom
email@hidden
http://www.brucelindbloom.com
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