colourprofile
A colour profile is a set of data that describes the colour handling capabilities of a device or a file. It acts as a translation key, ensuring that colours are represented consistently across different systems and mediums. Devices like monitors, scanners, printers, and digital cameras all have their own unique way of capturing or displaying colour. A colour profile captures this unique behaviour, allowing software to interpret and convert colour data accurately.
For example, a scanner captures an image and assigns it a colour profile. When this image is
Common colour profile standards include ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles. These profiles use mathematical models to