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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 7629" data-attributes="member: 1061">This one is a bit tougher to explain...sRGB and Adobe RGB are variations of the same color space: RGB.&nbsp; CMYK is a completely different color space.&nbsp; It's like comparing an apple, a larger apple, and an orange.The RGB color space represents colors projected by light.&nbsp; That's why computer monitors and cameras use the RGB color space, they both use light to interpret color.&nbsp; The CMYK color space represents the colors of pigment, and are used by printing presses for magazines and the like.All three color spaces have 16,777,216 possible colors (256 x 256 x 256), or 0-255 for each color bit.&nbsp; There are so many different processes for RGB to CMYK conversion, and they will all vary depending on the print shop or software doing the conversion.&nbsp; The only real issue is that it is possible to see colors in RGB that you can't translate to CMYK.&nbsp; This is referred to as &quot;out of gamut&quot;.&nbsp; I would venture to say that enough information is mixed up in the CMYK conversion that it doesn't matter which RGB color space you're coming from.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 7629, member: 1061"] This one is a bit tougher to explain...sRGB and Adobe RGB are variations of the same color space: RGB. CMYK is a completely different color space. It's like comparing an apple, a larger apple, and an orange. The RGB color space represents colors projected by [B]light[/B]. That's why computer monitors and cameras use the RGB color space, they both use light to interpret color. The CMYK color space represents the colors of [B]pigment[/B], and are used by printing presses for magazines and the like. All three color spaces have 16,777,216 possible colors (256 x 256 x 256), or 0-255 for each color bit. There are so many different processes for RGB to CMYK conversion, and they will all vary depending on the print shop or software doing the conversion. The only real issue is that it is possible to see colors in RGB that you can't translate to CMYK. This is referred to as "out of gamut". I would venture to say that enough information is mixed up in the CMYK conversion that it doesn't matter which RGB color space you're coming from. [/QUOTE]

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