3. Managing Colors

This chapter presents not only color management theory, but how color tools are used to create and edit graphics in GIMP.

Managing colors in GIMP is a lot more than just working with colors. Color needs to be managed for a variety of reasons, including accounting for how an external device, such as a digital camera, manages color, and setting color characteristics in GIMP for printing. Managing colors can mean creating different profiles for a variety of color needs, working with different color models, such as RGB, HSV, and CMYK, adjusting color using curves and levels, and a great deal more. This chapter explores the expansive frontier of color in GIMP.

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