Farbangabe

Farbangabe is a term used in color documentation to denote the specification of color values for digital media. The word blends the German Farb (color) and Angabe (specification or designation), and in practice functions as a generic label rather than a formal standard. In catalogs, archives, and workflows that involve color management, Farbangabe refers to the field or payload that communicates the precise color information associated with an asset.

Farbangabe is not tied to a single normative standard. Different organizations may implement it in varying ways, often as a metadata field that can carry space, values, and sometimes perceptual attributes. Because it is a flexible concept rather than a fixed specification, its exact format and requirements can vary across systems and industries.

Typical content of a Farbangabe may include the color space used (such as sRGB, Adobe RGB, CMYK, or Lab), a set of numeric color values, and occasionally a perceptual descriptor. Representations can be textual or binary. Examples might look like: Farbangabe: sRGB 255 0 0 or Farbangabe: Lab 50 -40 20 or Farbangabe: CMYK 0 100 100 0. Such examples illustrate how color is communicated in a way that can be interpreted by different devices and workflows.

Applications of Farbangabe include digital asset management, museum and archive catalogs, and print production pipelines where reproducibility of color is important. Its lack of a universal formal standard means interoperability depends on the conventions agreed upon by the involved parties, rather than on a single governing specification. See also color management, color space, ICC profile, and metadata.