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type="topic" style="question"
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id="color-whatisprofile">
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<link type="guide" xref="color#profiles"/>
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<desc>A color profile is a simple file that expresses a color space or device response.</desc>
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<revision version="13.10" date="2013-09-07" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Richard Hughes</name>
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<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<title>What is a color profile?</title>
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A color profile is a set of data that characterizes either a device
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such as a projector or a color space such as sRGB.
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Most color profiles are in the form of an ICC profile, which is a
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small file with a <input>.ICC</input> or <input>.ICM</input> file
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Color profiles can be embedded into images to specify the gamut range
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This ensures that users see the same colors on different devices.
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Every device that is processing color should have it's own ICC
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profile and when this is achieved the system is said to have an
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<em>end-to-end color-managed workflow</em>.
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With this kind of workflow you can be sure that colors are not being
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