Apple AppleVision 1710AV - Manual (Page 54)

This chapter describes how to fine-tune the color on your AppleVision 1710 AV
Display. In most cases, you won’t need to adjust colors. However, if you’re
working with detailed color graphics, you may need to match display colors
as closely as possible to colors created by a printer or other device.
About color
Your Apple computer system uses an additive process (a combination of red,
green, and blue lights) to create display colors and a subtractive process
(cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks) to create printer colors. Because of
the differences in these processes, the display and printer must be
characterized to provide the best color match.
Your display comes with a general profile, called a ColorSync profile, that
characterizes your display. The ColorSync software included with your display
uses this display profile along with other device profiles to match colors as
closely as possible. For more information about ColorSync and ColorSync
profiles, see Appendix A.
To refine this color profile, you can use the Color window in the AppleVision
Setup control panel to further characterize your specific display and lighting
conditions.
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