Editing RGB color model (section)

==Color management==
{{Main|Color management}}

Proper reproduction of colors, especially in professional environments, requires color management of all the devices involved in the production process, many of them using RGB. Color management results in several transparent conversions between device-independent ([[sRGB]], [[CIE 1931 color space|XYZ]], [[L*a*b*]])<ref name="auto1"/> and device-dependent [[color space]]s (RGB and others, as CMYK for color printing) during a typical production cycle, in order to ensure color consistency throughout the process. Along with the creative processing, such interventions on digital images can damage the color accuracy and image detail, especially where the gamut is reduced. Professional digital devices and software tools allow for 48&nbsp;bpp ([[bits per pixel]]) images to be manipulated (16&nbsp;bits per channel), to minimize any such damage.

[[ICC profile]] compliant applications, such as [[Adobe Photoshop]], use either the [[Lab color space]] or the [[CIE 1931 color space]] as a ''Profile Connection Space'' when [[color translation|translating]] between color spaces.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Color Management?|url=https://www.color.org/whycolormanagement.pdf|access-date=2008-04-16|author-last1=King|author-first1=James C. |publisher=International Color Consortium|quote=The two PCS's in the ICC system are CIE-XYZ and CIELAB}}</ref>