Rank Characterizations

One aspect of the Equinox characterization concept that needs to be highlighted here is the fact that two and three dimensional process color subspaces are characterized several times and that the characterizations might differ. In our example, when combining the two CMYK and CGYK characterizations, there are two characterizations for the CY, CK, CYK color subspaces.

GMG OpenColor processes characterizations in a hierarchy. This hierarchy makes sure the "first" characterization which is found for a certain color combination is used for profiling. A potential second (or third) characterization is ignored. The hierarchy can be edited by changing the order of the characterizations in the Characterizations list.

Final characterization hierarchy.

The CMYK characterization is used first. Thus, the characterization for CMYK combinations is fixed and is not going to be changed by subsequent characterizations.