Specifying Color in Office Documents

The current trend towards device-independent color in office documents is part of a larger trend towards open systems, with an emphasis on blind interchange and systems integration. Several vendors already offer device-independent color, and international standards-making organizations are developing device-independent standards for representing color in documents. Device-independent color means representations based on human color vision, as opposed to device-dependent color representations such as ink dot percentages. Different approaches to device-independent color will be described, along with their implications and relationship to device-dependent color. The talk will also describe the current state of international color standards for office documents. Device-independent color means representations based on human color vision, as opposed to device-dependent color representations such as ink dot percentages. Different approaches to device-independent color will be described, along with their implications and relationship to device-dependent color. The talk will also describe the current state of international color standards for office documents.