Reference print gamuts for Consistent Colour Appearance assessment

Intended use

The set of reference printing gamuts (see below) is identified to enable exchange of results when assessing the effectiveness of Consistent Colour Appearance reproduction algorithms. It is recommended that where possible the characterisation data is used as the primary reference, however, it is recognised that there may be some cases where it is more convenient to use the ICC Profile as a starting point.

In some cases no characterisation data is available. In these cases the A2B1 table data should be used.

Reference printing gamuts

Reference name	Characterisation data	ICC Profile
CGATS21-2-CRPC1	NPES CGATS21-2-CRPC1.txt	ICC profile registry CGATS21_CRPC1.xalter
FOGRA52	ICC characterisation data registry FOGRA52.txt	ICC profile registry PSOuncoated_v3_FOGRA52.icc
PSRgravureMF	ECI eci_gravure_psr_v2_2009.zip (PSRgravureMF_ECI2002.txt)	ECI eci_gravure_psr_v2_2009.zip (PSRgravureMF.icc)
ECI PSR SC STD V2	ECI eci_gravure_psr_v2_2009.zip (ECI_PSR_SC_STD_V2.txt)	ECI eci_gravure_psr_v2_2009.zip (PSR_SC_STD_V2_PT.icc)
SC_paper_eci	Only available from targ tag in ICC Profile	ECI eci_offset_2009.zip (SC_paper_eci.icc)
Japan Web Coated (Ad)	Not available (may be derived from A2B1 and MediaWhitePoint tags)	Adobe detail.jsp?ftpID=4075 (JapanWebCoated.icc)
FOGRA39	ICC characterisation data registry FOGRA39.txt	Adobe Adobe ICC profiles download
FOGRA53	FOGRA53 characterization data	eciCMYK is an ICC Profile created from the FOGRA53 Characterisation Data

Adding new references

The colour gamut of printing systems is changing rapidly and we recognise that there may be other common colour gamuts that are substantially different from all of those included here. If you are able to provide additional reference print gamuts that you believe will help in the assessment of Consistent Colour Appearance please contact Phil Green or Craig Revie.