Adobe RGB (1998)

File Format
Name	Adobe RGB (1998)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Adobe RGB (1998)
Released	1998

Adobe RGB (1998), or just Adobe RGB, is a color space associated with Adobe Photoshop. It has a somewhat larger color gamut than sRGB.

It was invented accidentally by Adobe, in a botched attempt to support SMPTE 240M. Photoshop originally listed it as "SMPTE 240M", but soon renamed it to "Adobe RGB 1998".

Specifications

• Adobe RGB (1998) Color Image Encoding, version 2005-05
• Adobe RGB Color Space Specification, DRAFT 2004-10-12

Links

• Wikipedia article
• Wide-Gamut Displays, by Charles Poynton (from archive.org)
• Adobe RGB (1998) ICC profile - The official way to download the ICC profile.