The International Color Consortium (ICC) was formed in 1993 by eight vendors in order to create an open, vendor-neutral
color management system which would function transparently across all
operating system
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s and software packages.
Overview
The ICC specification, currently on version 4.4, allows for matching of
color
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when moved between applications and
operating system
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s, from the point of creation to the final output, whether display or print. This specification is technically identical to ISO 15076-1:2010, available from
ISO
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.
The
ICC profile describes the color attributes of a particular device or viewing requirement by defining a mapping between the source or target
color space and a ''profile connection space'' (PCS).
The ICC defines the specification precisely but does not define algorithms or processing details. As such, applications or systems that work with different ICC profiles are allowed to vary.
ICC has also published a preliminary specification for iccMAX, a next-generation color management architecture with significantly expanded functionality and a choice of colorimetric, spectral, or material connection space. Details are a
https://www.color.org/iccmax/
Membership
The eight founding members of the ICC were
Adobe,
Agfa,
Apple
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,
Kodak,
Microsoft
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,
Silicon Graphics
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,
Sun Microsystems
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, and
Taligent. Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, and Taligent have since left the organization.
there are 5 founding members, 37 regular members and 18 honorary members. Most members specialize in
photography
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,
printing, or
Electronic visual displays. Regular members include:
BenQ,
Canon,
Dolby,
Fuji,
Heidelberg Printing Machines AG,
Hewlett–Packard,
Konica Minolta,
Kyocera,
Nikon,
Seiko,
Sun Chemical,
Toshiba
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,
vivo,
Xerox
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,
Xiaomi,
and
X-Rite.
ICC profile specification version
See also
*
International Colour Association
*
International Commission on Illumination
References
External links
Official website
Color organizations
International organizations based in the United States
Information technology organizations
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