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ColorSpace

is an option for Image and related functions that specifies the color space to which color values refer.

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ColorSpace

ColorSpace

is an option for Image and related functions that specifies the color space to which color values refer.

Details

  • Color spaces, also known as color models, provide numerical models to represent colors. Some models such as RGB are designed to better represent colors on devices, and some like CIELAB are more suitable for perceptual color comparison.
  • Color spaces supported by Image and Image3D include:
  • "Grayscale"gray level (GrayLevel)
    "RGB"red, green, blue (RGBColor)
    "CMYK"cyan, magenta, yellow, black (CMYKColor)
    "HSB"hue, saturation, brightness (Hue)
    "XYZ"CIE XYZ (XYZColor)
    "LAB"CIE (LABColor)
    "LCH"CIE (LCHColor)
    "LUV"CIE (LUVColor)
    ColorProfileData[…][i]color profile with the specified rendering intent i
  • With ColorSpace->ColorProfileData[…][i], rendering intent can be specified. Possible settings are "PerceptualProfile" (default), "SaturationProfile", "MediaRelativeColorimetricProfile", and "ICCAbsoluteColorimetricProfile".

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Basic Examples  (3)

Create an RGB image from an array of data:

Wolfram Language code: Image[(⁠| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 0 \| \| 0.6 \| \| 0 \|⁠) | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 0.4 \| \| 0.1 \| \| 0.8 \|⁠) | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 0.7 \| \| 0.9 \| \| 0.7 \|⁠) | | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 1 \| \| 0 \| \| 0.9 \|⁠) | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 0.6 \| \| 0.6 \| \| 1 \|⁠) | (⁠\| \| \| --- \| \| 1 \| \| 0.8 \| \| 0.3 \|⁠) |⁠), ColorSpace -> "RGB"]

Change the interpretation of the channel values:

Wolfram Language code: Image[[image], ColorSpace -> "HSB"]

Color space can be stored as a ColorProfileData object:

Wolfram Language code: Options[[image]]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Use ImageColorSpace to extract the color space of an image:

Wolfram Language code: ImageColorSpace[[image]]

Use ColorConvert to switch between color spaces:

Wolfram Language code: ColorConvert[[image], "LAB"]
Wolfram Language code: ImageColorSpace[%]
Wolfram Research (2008), ColorSpace, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html (updated 2014).

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), ColorSpace, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html (updated 2014).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "ColorSpace." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). ColorSpace. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_colorspace, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ColorSpace}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-September-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_colorspace, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ColorSpace}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorSpace.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-September-2026]}