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brainwave4802 t1_j1wl8e3 wrote

Reply to comment by breckenridgeback in ELI5: How is that Pantone colors don't have direct RGB counterparts? by ExternalUserError

Is there a reason we cant just define such "abstract colours" as coordinates in one of the CIE colour spaces that encompasses human vision? Since this would represent all "useful" colours and other colour spaces such as sRGB are subsets of this. Essentially im asking if all pantone colours can be mapped to CIEXYZ or CIELAB coordinates, and if so doesnt it make pantone redundant?

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breckenridgeback t1_j20cpqg wrote

It does in terms of representing the colors humans can see, but you still need to be able to produce those colors in a range of different media.

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