[Openicc] out of gamut

Klaus Karcher lists at digitalproof.info
Sun Oct 7 00:15:30 PDT 2007


> Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
>> I've noticed that Cinepaint, GIMP (SVN) and Inkscape (SVN) use
>> different default color to show out-of-gamut colors:
>>
>> Cinenaint: (rather) neutral grey
>> GIMP: magenta (#ff00ff)
>> Inkscape: salad green (#00ff00)
>>
>> Scribus: greyish, not configurable

Sven Neumann wrote:
> The default color used in GIMP is preliminary and subject to changes. I
> was about to ask here what the experts suggest as a good default...

IMHO gray makes most sense, because it has a strong contrast to *any* 
color close to the gamut boundary. Saturated colors can be confusing and 
hard to distinguish, e.g. if the image contains gradients to magenta or 
green an the out-of-gamut color is nearly the same.

Klaus


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