Chapter 03 of 07
COLOUR
Why prints come out darker than the screen and what to do about it: colour spaces, profiles, calibration and soft proofing.
Articles in this chapter
- 03.1
checked 12 October 20264 sourcesICC profiles and colour spaces
sRGB, Adobe RGB and Display P3 explained plainly: what a gamut is, how a printer-and-paper ICC profile works, and how the rendering intents differ (perceptual, relative colorimetric and others).
- 03.2
checked 12 October 20262 sourcesMonitor calibration and soft proofing
Why prints are darker than the screen and how to fix it — monitor brightness in cd/m², calibrating with a measuring device, soft proofing, paper white, the black point, and the light you judge prints by.
In preparation
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- Rendering intents in practice: a side-by-side comparison on one image
- Viewing light at home: what to look for when choosing a bulb