[cairo] [RFC] Color space API (partial proposal)

Jon Cruz jon at joncruz.org
Mon Feb 22 20:51:41 PST 2010


On Feb 22, 2010, at 5:59 PM, ecir hana wrote:

> - so yes, if you are able to pre-calculate the tintTransform it should
> be possible to create a profile, which would map my spot colors to
> CMYK values. The problem is, I don't know how to create such profile.

Keep in mind that many spot colors can not be successfully represented in CMYK.

Even in Pantone's latest color system that *does* specify CMYK numbers, those numbers were printed with non-standard details in non-standard order that make them generate different colors when sent to most print houses.


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