Color concepts and terminology
With the formats we have looked at so far, it has not been necessary to burden you with too much color background to make practical use of the techniques and syntax we have been using. As we look at the newer formats, syntaxes, and capabilities, we likely need to extend our “palette” (pun intended) of information in order to make better sense of it all.
Therefore, before we get into things proper, it would serve us well to define a couple of terms we will be using throughout the remainder of the chapter.
Color space
Different color spaces exist to describe varying amounts of color. In the print world, most are familiar with CMYK color space, where Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black are mixed to create the colors you wish to see printed. With correctly calibrated equipment, the color you see on screen is the color you will see printed. For us workers in the web world, sRGB, the standard color space on the web, is the color space...
