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Color Management

By: Jessica and Jireh

+Color Management

Color Management is the procedure of controlling color characteristics between various devices such as TV screens or computer printers. Through the use of color management, colors appear the same on all devices.

By viewing colors accurately, it allows you to make correct decisions on color scheming through the work process, from taking the picture to uploading and editing on your laptop.

Through the use of Color Management, you can produce an output based on ISO, SWOP, and Japan Color print production guidelines.

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+Color Consistency Across Different Media

Color consistency is important in how we communicate as designers.

Color plays a large part in our work as designers

Keeping things consistent ensures our message is properly communicated.

Having logos be consistently recognizable especially for new companies

+Pantone Color System

Widely used standardized color system

Can produce color that can’t be mixed in CMYK

Use a system of numbers and a suffix

Number denotes color, Suffix denotes paper being printed on.

Suffixes include:CV- Computer Video C-Coated U-UncoatedM-Matte

Guides for tints, pastels, metallics

Offer Swatches and Chip books to preview colors

Available on most modern creative software.

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+Color Space

Color space is the range of colors, from the eye of a camera lens, to the display of a computer monitor.

However, Adobe RGB or sRGB are device-independent due to editing color spaces. They also decide a color range that you are allowed to work in. Through their designs, you can edit images in a manageable and reliable manner.

Larger color spaces hold both brighter saturated and extra colors.

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+Sources

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/color-management1.htm

http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/color_spaces.htm http://help.adobe.com/en_US/creativesuite/cs/using/WS

52323996-D045-437d-BD45-04955E987DFB.html

http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/pantone.aspx?pg=19970