Are tablets up to the task of accurate color testing?



iPad mini color gamut and Gretag Macbeth colors against sRGB in CIE1976





Out of gamut colors at beach




Great, how does this relate to colorblindness again?

iPad mini vs Nexus 7 color accuracy comparison in CIE 1976

iPad mini vs Nexus 7 color accuracy comparison in CIE 1976


4 thoughts on “Are tablets up to the task of accurate color testing?

  1. It sounds like what you are talking about is a rendering intent when moving between gamuts. I’d be curious to know what the iPad is really doing. Nothing else in iOS appears to be color managed so I would be surprised to see it performing these kind of calculations to convert colors from sRGB into a native gamut. This is only because it seems like such a small step to go from this to actually supporting color profiles in images that I can’t imagine they would just do it all. Once (or if) iOS is legitimately color managed, the “reverse issue” of over-saturation due to wide gamut displays will, of course, go away.

  2. Hi Jeff, I am developing some Visual Sciences Apps and I would like to know if you have any reference where I can find information about CIE coordinates and Luminance level for different tablets measured by specroradiometers.

    Regards, and thank you for share your information

  3. Pingback: Use CMYK, RGB or sRGB for publishing to iPads and Android? | Planet Quark

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