Re: Retrieving impossible colour from Lab
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Michael Jahn
Hi John ( i copied you directly as I am not sure if the io form scrum technology allows html embedded image in the reply - that way you should get the image in this reply ) see; http://www.brucelindbloom.com/index.html?WorkingSpaceInfo.html#SideNotes Paragraph 3 should be of interest to you then.. The first entry in the table is the Lab Gamut. This is the set of Lab color coordinates for which there could possibly be a physical sample. These are the "real colors." Lab color coordinates that lie outside this gamut can never exist in nature, and therefore it is not important that these coordinates be represented in a working space definition. Further information about the Lab Gamut may be found here http://www.brucelindbloom.com/index.html?LabGamutDisplayHelp.html and 3D images of it may be found here. http://www.brucelindbloom.com/index.html?WorkingSpaceInfo.html#SideNotes i especially like this part Integer Encoding of LabMany real world implementations of Lab encode the values as integers. Common examples include TIFF image files, ICC profiles and Adobe Photoshop images. Integers have limited ranges. Typically, the full L* range [0, 100] is encoded. However, the encoding range of the a* and b* components is usually restricted to cover the range [-128, 127]. Therefore, all possible Lab colors cannot be encoded using this scheme. Even when 16-bit values are used instead of 8-bit values, the extra bits are used to make finer divisions between values, and are not used to extend the range of values. Here is an illustration showing the limits imposed by this integer encoding of Lab: The semi-transparent boxes show the portion of Lab color space that may be represented by integer encoding. You can see that some real colors are excluded (the lobes that bulge outside the box). You can also see that much of the available encoding space, about two-thirds in fact, is wasted because these Lab values can never occur. Hope this helps. Respectfully, Michael Jahn 2718 Cimmaron Ave Simi Valley, CA 93065 805 416 6946
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 5:05 AM John Phillips <paulsimonrichards@...> wrote: Hi, I am curious about what happens to out of gamut colours during an Lab - to RGB conversion - where do they go and is there a way to keep this information?
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