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2 In the Default color settings area, choose a color profile from the following list boxes:
• RGB — describes RGB colors in new and untagged documents
• CMYK — describes CMYK colors in new and untagged documents
• Grayscale — describes grayscale colors in new and untagged documents
You can also
Change the primary color mode Choose a color mode from the Primary color mode list box.
Changing the primary color mode in the Default color
management settings dialog box does not affect the active
document.
Change the rendering intent Choose a rendering intent from the Rendering intent list box.
To access document color settings
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Click Tools Color management Document settings.
To display the color profiles that are used in the active document on the status bar, click the flyout button on the status bar, and
choose Color information.
You can also view the document color settings in the Document properties dialog box by clicking File Document properties.
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles
To ensure color accuracy, a color management system needs ICC-compliant profiles for monitors, input devices, external monitors, output
devices, and documents.
• Monitor color profiles — define the color space that is used by your monitor to display document colors. CorelDRAW uses the primary
monitor profile that is assigned by the operating system. The monitor profile is very important for color accuracy. For more information,
see “Is my monitor displaying the correct colors?” on page 337.
• Input device color profiles — used by input devices such as scanners and digital cameras. These color profiles define which colors can be
captured by specific input devices.
• Display color profiles — include monitor profiles that are not associated with your monitor in the operating system. These color profiles
are especially useful for soft-proofing documents for monitors that are not connected to your computer.
• Output device color profiles — define the color space of output devices such as desktop printers and printing presses. The color
management system uses these profiles to map accurately document colors to the colors of the output device.
• Document color profiles — define the RGB, CMYK, and grayscale colors of a document. Documents that contain color profiles are known
as “tagged.”
Finding color profiles
Many color profiles are installed with your application or can be generated with profiling software. Manufacturers of monitors, scanners,
digital cameras, and printers also provide color profiles. In addition, you can access color profiles from websites such as:
• http://www.color.org/findprofile.xalter — This website of the International Color Consortium (ICC) can help you find commonly used
standard color profiles.
• http://www.eci.org/doku.php?id=en:downloads — This website of the European Color Initiative (ECI) provides standard ISO profiles as
well as profiles that are specific to Europe
• http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm — This website provides ICC profiles for many different types of LCD (Liquid Crystal
Display) monitors to help you display consistent colors. However, if color accuracy is essential for your workflow, you should calibrate