Printer, Camera, and Scanner Color Gamut Comparisons

These pages contain comparative color gamuts for a selection of the digital cameras, scanners, and printers and papers we have measured through our custom ICC printer profiling service. The plots display the color gamut of each printer, digital camera, or scanner in relation to Adobe RGB and sRGB.

The gamut plots are 3-D VRML models, allowing you to examine the color range from any perspective. You can twist and turn the plots using your mouse. This allows you to see where the strengths and weaknesses of any particular printer's color reproduction lie. You can select the color spaces you wish to compare, or view any of the pre-built models that compare a single color space to Adobe RGB and sRGB. The print contrast ratio associated with each combination appears on the pre-built plots.

Additional printer/paper combinations will be added as time permits. There are a number of two dimensional plots in the miscellaneous section, comparing a larger number of papers than would be legible in three dimensions.

A VRML browser plug-in is required to view the plots. If you do not see an animation in the area above, you need to download a plug-in.

Sources for free VRML plug-ins include:

VRML Software	Operating System
VRML Software	Win	Mac	Linux
ParallelGraphics Cortona 5.0 (stable, recommended)	X	X
Octaga 2.1 (flexible, high quality rendering)	X		X
blaxxun Contact 5.3 (very fast, but slightly lower quality rendering)	X
FreeWRL (a build-your-own project)		X	X
MediaMachines Flux Player 3.0 (buggy, slow, unstable)	X

Use the Interactive Gamuts tool to choose from all color spaces

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