On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:06:11 -0600 Patrick Noffke <patrick.noffke at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:56 AM, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote: > > > hi patrick, > > > > > > Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I'm doing > > something > >> wrong. > >> > > > > why aren't you creating the colors as cmyk? > > > > ciao > > a.l.e > > > > > Because I want to experiment with different ICC profiles for the same > sRGB colors (which will include images in addition to these > rectangles). I want the profile to define the conversion to CMYK for > all sRGB colors. > I obtained a profile that seems to do the conversion OK. Why do you need to create your own? I use the following profile which also limits the ink density to 240%: SWOPcoated5_240.icc Available here: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/SWOPcoated5_240.icc Any conversion from RGB to CMYK will involve some shift in colors. Not all RGB colors can be expressed in CMYK. But you knew that already, right? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
