ICC Profile Difference--RGB VS CMYK

What is ICC profile? 
In color management, an ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a color input or output device, or a color space, according to standards promulgated by the International Color Consortium (ICC).  
With the right settings, the color management system fulfills this need by using each device's ICC profile and its ability to unequivocally* and accurately describe device capabilities. The color management system can now properly translate digital data between devices using those ICC profiles in order to maintain appearance, within limits of device capability, of course.
Fortunately there are many excellent measuring tools and software which allow us to make accurate ICC profiles for our various devices. 

What is the difference between RGB and CMYK? 
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue. This is the color spectrum for anything online using screens or displays. If you see it on a screen then you are viewing the colors in RGB. I’m not going to get into the fact that RGB is known as an additive color process.  

We’ve touched on CMYK but let’s get into it alittle more. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Why is K black? Some say it would confuse people if you had a B instead of K, they would think it stood for Blue not Black. Others suggest that it stands for “(K)ey”. As the other three colors on press were keyed in with the black plate during the printing process. Either way, we call this process CMYK.

We now know that RGB is an additive color process, so yes, that would mean that CMYK is a subtractive color process. 
Color formats come in several “shades”. For practical purposes we will discuss the key differences and applications between RGB, CMYK and we will even touch on PMS colors. The reason to write this article is to inform you as a business owner or even marketing director that differences exist in color formats and it could ruin a perfectly good printed brochure. 
In even the most basic workflow, if the aim is to view images with true color, we need a monitor profile and a document (image) profile in order to accurately view that image. So, yes, anyone viewing images on a computer monitor screen needs decent ICC profiles.

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