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Absolute Colorimetric Rendering Intent
One of the four rendering intents specified by the ICC for handling out-of-gamut colors when converting from one color space to another.

 


Absolute Colorimetric Intent (known by Microsoft as Match Intent) is similar to Relative Colorimetric except that it does not necessarily map white in the source to white in the target.

ABSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC INTENT
Absolute is similar to relative colorimetric in that it preserves in gamut colors and clips those out of gamut, but they differ in how each handles the white point.

Absolute colorimetric
A rendering intent that aims to maintain colour accuracy at the expense of preserving relationships between colours, ...

Absolute colorimetric is used mainly for proof simulation when wanting an RGB device to match that of a CMYK device. With absolute colorimetric, the white points will change to account for the base-paper white of the simulated stock.

Absolute colorimetric
This rendering intent is most often used in proofing. It preserves the native device white point of the source image.
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See also: Space, Image, RGB, Time, Color

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