sRGB describes the color space of a typical consumer monitor. Used to edit images that will be viewed on a screen (smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.)
Adobe RGB (1998) is a larger color space designed for editing images that will be printed on a printer.
Lenovo-Flex-14_2018-08-30_1 is a $600 Lenovo 6 14 inch screen
Lenovo-Yoga-i1DP-WL is a $1,600 Lenovo Yoga 920 with a 4K screen
Toshiba_Win 7 is an old Toshiba Satellite T135D - S1324 laptop
Surface-WL is my Microsoft Surface Pro 3. A high quality Windows laptop/tablet that is very close to sRGB.
NEC-PA241W-Native is my NEC PA241W in native mode (a wide gamut semi-pro monitor.)
Thinkpad_07_11 is a laptop monitor that is much smaller than sRGB. Beware of editing images on a cheap laptop monitors!
Adorama-endglossy_031 is AdoramaPix Glossy (A typical minilab print--easily fits in sRGB)
RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000 is Red River UltraProGloss Epson R3000 (A typical wide gamut inkjet print)
Look at this one in sRGB!
RSWOP is RSWOP (CYMK prepress. Adobe RGB (1998) was designed for CMYK prepress.)
DCI-P3 About the same size as Adobe RGB but is designed for monitors not for printers.
Rec2020-elle-V2-g22 is from Elle Stone's Well-Behaved ICC Profiles and Code. Rec. 2020 is asperational. There are no real world monitors that can display Rec. 2020. And is already obsolete (Rec. 2020 doesn't support HDR. Rec. 2100 does.)
(It is tricky finding v2 versions of the newer color spaces.)
Cubic Colorspace Units describes the volume of the gamut. e.g. Larger = larger gamut.
41 plots
(AdobeRGB) (DCI-P3)
(AdobeRGB) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(Adorama-endglossy_0311) (AdobeRGB)
(Adorama-endglossy_0311) (DCI-P3)
(Adorama-endglossy_0311) (sRGB)
(DCI-P3) (AdobeRGB) (NEC-PA241W-Native)
(DCI-P3) (AdobeRGB) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(DCI-P3) (AdobeRGB)
(DCI-P3) (NEC-PA241W-Native)
(DCI-P3)
(Lenovo-Flex-14_2018-08-30_1) (sRGB)
(Lenovo-Yoga-i1DP-WL) (sRGB)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (AdobeRGB)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (ProPhoto)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (Simplified-image-P3) (AdobeRGB)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (Simplified-image-P3)
(NEC-PA241W-Native) (sRGB)
(Rec2020-elle-V2-g22) (ProPhoto)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (AdobeRGB)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (NEC-PA241W-Native)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (ProPhoto)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (Simplified-image-P3)
(RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000) (sRGB)
(RSWOP) (AdobeRGB)
(RSWOP) (ProPhoto)
(RSWOP) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(RSWOP) (Simplified-image-P3)
(RSWOP) (sRGB)
(sRGB) (AdobeRGB) (CIERGB)
(sRGB) (AdobeRGB) (ProPhoto)
(sRGB) (AdobeRGB)
(sRGB) (DCI-P3) (AdobeRGB)
(sRGB) (NEC-PA241W-Native)
(sRGB) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22) (AdobeRGB)
(sRGB) (Rec2020-elle-V2-g22)
(sRGB) (Rec2020-elle-V2-lab)
(Surface-WL) (sRGB)
(ThinkPad_07-11_NAT) (sRGB)
(Toshiba_Win 7) (sRGB)
| Short name | Description | Cubic Colorspace Units |
|---|---|---|
| AdobeRGB | Adobe RGB (1998) | 1,209,986 |
| Adorama-endglossy_0311 | Adorama Glossy (03-2011) | 512,026 |
| CIERGB | CIERGB | 1,817,671 |
| DCI-P3 | DCI-P3 | 1,327,001 |
| Lenovo-Flex-14_2018-08-30_1 | Lenovo Flex 14 14" | 491,682 |
| Lenovo-Yoga-i1DP-WL | Lenovo Yoga 920 | 932,459 |
| NEC-PA241W-Native | NEC-PA241W Native | 1,317,053 |
| ProPhoto | ProPhoto | 2,898,347 |
| Rec2020-elle-V2-g22 | Rec2020 Elle Stone gamma 2.2 | 1,858,967 |
| Rec2020-elle-V2-lab | Rec2020 Elle Stone Lab | 1,859,075 |
| RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000 | Red River UltraProGloss Epson R3000 | 839,960 |
| RSWOP | RSWOP | 426,218 |
| Simplified-image-P3 | DCI-P3 (Maybe. Exported from Photoshop) | 1,234,593 |
| sRGB | sRGB | 833,600 |
| Surface-WL | Surface Pro 3 (White LED) | 853,029 |
| ThinkPad_07-11_NAT | Lenovo IBM ThinkPad T60 (7/11/2007) Native | 501,519 |
| Toshiba_Win 7 | Toshiba Satellite T135D - S1324 laptop | 476,732 |
| Cubic Colorspace Units | Short name | Description | (Approx.) percent* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 426,218 | RSWOP | RSWOP | (printer) |
| 476,732 | Toshiba_Win 7 | Toshiba Satellite T135D - S1324 laptop | 57.2 percent of sRGB |
| 491,682 | Lenovo-Flex-14_2018-08-30_1 | Lenovo Flex 14 14" | 59.0 percent of sRGB |
| 501,519 | ThinkPad_07-11_NAT | Lenovo IBM ThinkPad T60 (7/11/2007) Native | 60.2 percent of sRGB |
| 512,026 | Adorama-endglossy_0311 | Adorama Glossy (03-2011) | (printer) |
| 833,600 | sRGB | sRGB | 100.0 percent of sRGB |
| 839,960 | RR_UltraProGloss_EpR3000 | Red River UltraProGloss Epson R3000 | (printer) |
| 853,029 | Surface-WL | Surface Pro 3 (White LED) | 102.3 percent of sRGB |
| 932,459 | Lenovo-Yoga-i1DP-WL | Lenovo Yoga 920 | 111.9 percent of sRGB |
| 1,209,986 | AdobeRGB | Adobe RGB (1998) | 100.0 percent of Adobe RGB (1998) |
| 1,234,593 | Simplified-image-P3 | DCI-P3 (Maybe. Exported from Photoshop) | 102.0 percent of Adobe RGB (1998) |
| 1,317,053 | NEC-PA241W-Native | NEC-PA241W Native | 108.8 percent of Adobe RGB (1998) |
| 1,327,001 | DCI-P3 | DCI-P3 | 109.7 percent of Adobe RGB (1998) |
| 1,817,671 | CIERGB | CIERGB | 97.8 percent of Rec. 2020 |
| 1,858,967 | Rec2020-elle-V2-g22 | Rec2020 Elle Stone gamma 2.2 | 100.0 percent of Rec. 2020 |
| 1,859,075 | Rec2020-elle-V2-lab | Rec2020 Elle Stone Lab | 100.0 percent of Rec. 2020 |
| 2,898,347 | ProPhoto | ProPhoto | 100.0 percent of ProPhoto |
*(Approx. percent is the total volume in cubic colorspace units divided by the nearest standard color space times 100. This is sort of accurate for monitors that generally attempt to be a standard color space, like "sRGB" or "Adobe RGB (1998)" and if the gamut being compared is completly enclosed by the larger space. Not so accurate for things like printer gamuts that don't match up to color spaces like sRGB.
These 3D plots are generated by Argyll CMS viewgam. Viewgam calculates the cubic colorspace units. (See the metadata below each graph.)
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