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    <desc>A color profile is a simple file that expresses a color space or device response.</desc>

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      <name>Richard Hughes</name>

      <email>richard@hughsie.com</email>

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  <title>What is a color profile?</title>

    A color profile is a set of data that characterizes either a device

    such as a projector or a color space such as sRGB.

    Most color profiles are in the form of an ICC profile, which is a

    small file with a <input>.ICC</input> or <input>.ICM</input> file

    extension.

    Color profiles can be embedded into images to specify the gamut range

    of the data.

    This ensures that users see the same colors on different devices.

    Every device that is processing color should have its own ICC

    profile and when this is achieved the system is said to have an

    end-to-end color-managed workflow.

    With this kind of workflow you can be sure that colors are not being

    lost or modified.

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