Re: [css-gcpm][css-color] device-cmyk() interaction with RGB-space colors.

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> As such, CMYK colors must be converted to an equivalent RGB color
>
> I think you meant to reverse that . RGB colors are converted to CMYK during
> the printing process.

No, I meant what I wrote.  We *must* have RGB colors in memory, so we
can do compositing/blending/etc.  Those are only defined over RGB
colors.

> IMO, I think this is something that should be done by the print processor
> and not the browser since it most likely will not have the correct
> information to make this decision.

Yeah, but we can't actually preserve the color in CMYK.

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:07:18 UTC