Home Wikituition Browse all terms Categories
Random term
Colour & Colour Management

Colour Management

The system of profiles and conversions that keeps colour consistent as an image moves between camera, screen, printer and web.

In depth

The chain has three requirements: every device must be profiled, every file must be tagged with its space, and every application must actually honour those tags. Break any one and colour becomes unpredictable — which is why a calibrated monitor alone does not guarantee matching prints if the printing stage is left unmanaged.

Examples in practice

A managed workflow means a print pulled from the printer visibly matches the image on the calibrated screen beside it.