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Old 02-10-2012, 10:43 AM
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Even colour calibration won't give you exact colours as monitors don't generally even support the complete colour gamut. Colour calibration though will get you as close as is possible for your monitor. Printer calibration is a huge problem taking an RGB based illuminated image and trying to get it perfect in a CYMK reflective format...which then looks different depending on lighting conditions.


Also be aware that not all software will display correctly, some might obey the monitor profile you are using, some might ignore it to display using a colour space preference or embedded profile in the image itself. Never embed a monitor profile into an image. sRGB is a smaller gamut but more universal, AdobeRGB is better but even expensive monitors might not support 100% gamut.
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