Adobe RGB color space

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CIE 1931 xy chromaticity diagram showing the gamut of the Adobe RGB color space and location of the primaries. The D65 white point is shown in the center.

The Adobe RGB color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as the computer display. The Adobe RGB color space encompasses roughly 50% of the visible colors specified by the Lab color space, improving upon the gamut of the sRGB color space primarily in cyan-greens. Critiques claim that most digital photographers are better off using standards sRGB[1].

[edit] Other RGB Color Spaces

• Adobe Wide Gamut RGB color space
• sRGB color space
• Bruce RGB color space
• NTSC 1953 color space
• ProPhoto RGB color space
• Wide Gamut RGB color space
• Wide Gamut RGB Compensated color space

[edit] External links

• Working Space Comparison: sRGB vs. Adobe RGB 1998
• Adobe Magazine discussion of the new format (PDF)
• Adobe RGB (1998) color image encoding

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