sRGB was an collaborative effort between HP and Microsoft from the
mid1990s. One of my friends was on that effort, and was in charge of
the naming work, and HE named it for "small gamut RGB". No matter
what wikipedia has to say about it, or even the official documents,
that is what it was named for.
Godfrey
On Dec 20, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Powell Hargrave wrote:
standard RGB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB_color_space
The 's' in sRGB stands for 'small', not 'standard', referring to
the small gamut colorspace.
I've also seen it referred to as "screen". The gamut of sRGB was
deliberately specified to match the phosphors used in the majority of
computer monitors. Nevermind the fact that working colour spaces are
meant to be device-independent and should ideally encompass the
limitations of the entire workflow.
I can think of another suitable "s" word if you're interested...
- Dave
