Devices Tab in Color Management Windows 7
Different types of devices have different
color characteristics and capabilities. For example, your monitor
display can't show the same set of colors that a printer can
reproduce. This is because each device uses a different process to
produce color content. Scanners and digital cameras have different
color characteristics as well. Even different programs will
occasionally interpret and process colors differently. Without a
consistent color management system, the same picture can look
different on each of these devices.
How color content appears also depends on the viewing conditions
(such as ambient lighting) because the human eye adapts to different
lighting conditions, even when viewing the same picture. Color
management systems maintain an acceptable appearance of color on
devices with different color capabilities and across different
viewing conditions.