A very few words about color management

Colors and waves - Mediterranean seascape
One year ago, i've promised to write here something about color management and ...I'm re-thinking to that know.

An in depth explanation would be too technical for my basic english so i will just say that with digital imaging color management is the only way to control how a screen color will print and (if possible) how other peoples will see the colors you see on your screen. So :

• If you're a photographer, colors management helps you to produce the prints you want.
• If you publish images on the web, with color management you can have an idea of how your readers will see your colors.
• If you're just looking at photos on the web, with a color managed display you can see the colors and tones the photographer wants to show.

If you're interested by these few lines and want to know more, i recommend the 2 following links :

• One from Tom Niemann, easily understandable and focusing on monitor calibration.
• One from Norman Koren, more complete (monitors and printers) and more technical.

In conclusion i will just add that for some years, i profile my screens and printers with Datacolor products. I don't know if your screen is color managed so i can't know how you see my images but prints coming from my printers or from printing companies have the colors i want.