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PDF color models and profiles

PDF documents can be in grayscale or color. It supports objects and elements that are made from various applications and can display numerous device dependent, device independent and special color spaces. Profiles are the data that describe the file#38;rsquo;s color spaces. An example of a device color space is a file output from a scanner, or Photoshop. It can also be from the color conversion by a printer driver. As requirements and technologies develop, Adobe, Apple and other companies came together and created an industry standard for device independent color, which is now known as International Color Consortium (ICC). The purpose of ICC is to encourage the use of open source cross-platform color management systems. With ICC color, users can use a profile to map source colors into absolute color spaces or vise versa, using other profiles. Vendors are encouraged to support the creation of these profile format and its workflows. Now, the v4 ICC specification is used as a standard internationally knnown as ISO 15076-1, approved in 2005 and revised in 2010.

Published 19 Dec 2021

PDF documents can be in grayscale or color. It supports objects and elements that are made from various applications and can display numerous device-dependent, device-independent, and special color spaces. Profiles are the data that describe the file’s color spaces. An example of a device color space is a file output from a scanner or Photoshop. It can also be from the color conversion by a printer driver. As requirements and technologies developed, Adobe, Apple, and other companies came together and created an industry standard for device-independent color, which is now known as International Color Consortium (ICC). The purpose of ICC is to encourage the use of open-source cross-platform color management systems. With ICC color, users can use a profile to map source colors into absolute color spaces or vise versa, using other profiles. Vendors are encouraged to support the creation of these profile format and their workflows. Now, the v4 ICC specification is used as a standard internationally known as ISO 15076-1, approved in 2005 and revised in 2010.

color display on screen

Products supporting v4 of the ICC specification

Adobe (see www.adobe.com for product details)

Acrobat product family

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Document Server product family

Adobe GoLive

Adobe Graphics Server

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign product family

Adobe PDF Library

Adobe Photoshop product family

Adobe Premiere product family

After Effects

Atmosphere

PDF Print Engine

PDF to PS

PDF Trapper

Agfa

ApogeeX v2.5

Alwan Colour Expertise

Alwan ColorPursuit product range

Alwan LinkProfiler

Alwan CMYK Optimizer product range

Alwan Photoshop plug-ins product range

AlwanColorHub

Alwan ICCProfileProcessor

Apago

PDF Enhancer 3.1

Apple

Mac OSX

ColorVision (see www.colorvision.com for product details)

SpyderPRO (TM) with OptiCAL (TM), a digital, seven-filter colorimeter for measurement of both

CRT and LCD monitors and associated monitor calibration and profiling software.

Color Solutions (see www.basiccolor.de for product details)

basICColor display4

basICColor dropRGB

basICColor SQUID2

Corel

Corel Painter IX

Corel DRAW 12

Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12

FFEI

FFEI ColourKit Profiler Suite

FFEI ColourKit Manager

FFEI ColourKit Editor

FFEI ColourKit Image Processor

GretagMacbeth

ColorPoint (a Powerpoint plug-in)

Eye-One Match 3.6

huey

Logosync CMM

Profilemaker 5

Heidelberg

Heidelberg Prinect Color Editor

Heidelberg Prinect Printready

Heidelberg Prinect MetaDimension

Heidelberg Delta Technology

Heidelberg Prinect Profile Toolbox (partial v4-support)

ICS

Remote Director

Kodak

Kodak ColorFlow API Suite v5.2.2 - toolkit for Kodak licensees (formerly known as "KCMS").

Kodak ColorFlow Custom Color Tools v3.2.

Kodak Color Fidelity Module v2.2 (subcomponent of Image Mapper v1.0 and MatchFlow

Composer 4.5)

Kodak InSite software - Secure Internet portal into prepress production

Kodak Prinergy - workflow management system for commercial and publication printers

Kodak Prinergy Powerpack - workflow management system for packaging printers, converters and

trade shops

Kodak Prinergy Publish - page-preparation system

Kodak Prinergy Evo workflow system

Kodak Profile Wizard Mio 3.1.100 - ICC profile creation and editing

Kodak TeamWorks software - Printer-hosted collaborative environment for building creative

content

LaserSoft Imaging AG

SilverFast 6.5

MathWorks

Image Processing Toolbox version 5.0, based on MATLAB, supports ICC v4

input device, display device, and output device profiles.

Nikon

Nikon Capture4 (or later) supports v4 monitor profiles, v4 CMYK profiles, and v4 RGB printer

profiles.

Nikon Scan4 (or later) supports v4 monitor profiles and v4 CMYK profiles.

Onyx Graphics

RipQueue/PosterShop/ProductionHouse - supports reading and applying V4 ICC profiles.

Optis

SPEOS CAD software for light simulation.

Oris

ORIS ColorTuner - proofing application

ORIS CertifiedProof - proof measurement and quality control

ORIS Works - prepress workflow solution

ORIS PDF Tuner - prepress layout editing environment

For more details refer to www.cgs.de or www.cgsusa.com.

PANTONE

PANTONE huey

X-Rite

MonacoProfiler

X-rite PULSE ColorElite

Intellitrax ICC

MonacoOPTIX-XR

MonacoOPTIX-XR PRO

Zoran

IPS/PS3 (release 7.0 or later) - PostScript-compatible interpreter

IPS/PDF5 (release 7.0 or later) - PDF 1.5-compatible interpreter

cmyk and rbg colors

Color Models

When using color in documents and preparing it for printing, there are different kinds of color models that should be kept in mind. Using the same color model will ensure that the transfer, viewing, and printing go smoothly. There are 2 kinds of color models – CMYK and RBG.

CMYK

CMYK describes the printing process and stands for the four inks used in printing - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key black. This four-color model is subtractive and preserves spot colors. CMYK is recommended for users that need to make documents and files that are for both web and print since it can coexist with RBG however if the sole purpose is for the web only, RBG is best used as it is faster with its small file size.

RBG

RBG is short for Red Green and Blue, which are the three colors used in mixing to produce a variety of other colors in the color spectrum. RBG is used mostly on the web, displaying imaging on screens, and can be used to contrast the CMYK model in printing. As mentioned above, if the document that is produced is for the purpose of digital display only, RBG should be used as it is faster and smaller in size. However, note that RBG is not recommended for print as its colors cannot be separated into the four-ink printing system (CMYK).

How to create PDF in color and grayscale

PDF files can easily be created in the color display with the help of PDF creators and editors. You can instantly make a PDF file with DeftPDF and edit it, add images, colorful text, and add annotations. With the same online tool, you can also convert PDF into grayscale. Here’s how to create a PDF with DeftPDF:

Step one: Go to DeftPDF.com and click start editing

Step two: On the upload page, click start with a blank document. A digital paper will appear on the screen that will represent your PDF file. You can now add text, images, annotations, shapes, and your signature using the toolbar on the editor.

Step three: Once done, you can click Apply changes then download your new PDF file.

If you need to convert your PDF file into grayscale, you will only need one tool that can do that in one click and you can find that at DeftPDF! Follow this three-step guide to convert your PDF files into grayscale.

Step one: Go to DeftPDF.com and click grayscale in all tools

grayscale tool at DeftPDF

Step two: Upload your colored PDF file

upload your PDF file

Step three: Click convert PDF to grayscale then download your PDF file

convert PDF to grayscale

 

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