Color Management--Degrees of Separation

Why is this significant?

All monitors see color differently, as do input and output devices. ICC profiles provide commercial printers the opportunity to reduce some of the discrepancies from device to device. For example, chasing consistent color in any print production workflow can be a task likened to that of a German Shepherd chasing its tail while wearing roller skates on its paws—and balancing a glossary of color terms on its head as it barks the National Anthem.