What is Color Calibration?
Let’s start by first defining what color calibration is. Color calibration is the process of adjusting the output devices of the digital workflow so that the colors remain consistent from monitor to print. To begin with, we’ll discuss the characteristics of color itself. Technically, color doesn’t exist. It is an illusion created by the cones in our eyes. To verify this, simply open any digital image in your image program of choice and view the individual color channels. You’ll notice they’re all greyscale. I won’t go any further into the details of this because I don’t really know the details and because you don’t need to understand them in order to grasp the concept of color calibration. There are two types of light: reflective light and transmissive light. Reflective light is light that is reflected off of objects, while transmissive light is actually created or transmitted by the object itself. A photographic print is an example of a reflective light source because in order for us
