Is misinterpreted, the result can appear wrong - usually dull and In looking at the real-world tests, it's clear that when a color space Still, I've put thisīy the way, I took all these pictures (except the one with me in it, which These tags, but I don't know of any browser that does. The Exif and DCF standards allows an image's color space to be noted asĮlse.” Advanced image-processing software like Photoshop understands Unfortunately), you should see the same wrong-color results as with the If your browser does not honor an embedded color profile (as most don't,
Of Firefox on Mac/PC, and a smattering of other minor Mac browsers). Color-managed browsers do this properly (Safari and modern versions Should look the same (except, perhaps, for mild artifacts from theĪggressive image compression I used in trying to keep the size of this web Your browser respects embedded color profiles, all aqua-button images The appropriate color profile is embedded into each image, so if This sad state of browserĬolor-handling is discussed on the next page.ħ AQUA BUTTONS - With an embedded color profile Image yourself with this odd intent built in). Pretty much guaranteed to be the wrong assumption, unless you built the The default handling is “no color management,” which means toĪssume that the image data was written for the current monitor (which is The data has been written as per the button colorspace,īut without an embedded color profile, so an application has no otherĬhoice but to apply its default color handling. The tests show images encoded with six different color spaces.ħ ORANGE BUTTONS - Without an embedded color That you can see the practical effects of misinterpreted color spaces with The other pictures (which have the orange buttons only) are provided so Use all three sets of buttons (for images that provide them) toĭetermine how colormetrically advanced your browser is, as described below. Note: only the first images have the turquoise and purple rows ofīuttons continue reading below the test box for more on how to interpretĬlick to select another picture (or use keyboard N and P):
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That image looks like when its color data has been encoded in the namedĬolor space: the orange buttons on the first row bring up images withoutĮmbedded color profiles, while the turquoise buttons on the middle rowīring up images containing embedded color profiles. In the box below, mouseover the buttons under the large image to see what Spaces are all close enough so that even when misinterpreted, they're We saw an exaggerated (but real) example of how colors turn out wrong when See For Yourself The Effects of Misinterpreted Color Data 7 This is the second page of a seven-page article
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