CMYK Characterization Data

Registered CMYK characterization data sets for standard printing processes are listed below.

Characterization data sets have been registered by the following organisations:

• APTEC
• CGATS
• FOGRA
• TC130 Japan National Committee
• WAN-IFRA

Characterisation data is provided as a text file. Colorimetric data is given as XYZ and/or CIELAB. Where both are provided, there may be small differences between the CIELAB values and those obtained by computation from the XYZ values. ICC recommends always using the CIELAB data as the primary reference and the XYZ data as informative. Some more recent data sets are also available as spectral data. For those printing conditions for which profiles are available, links are also given to the ICC Profile Registry or to external profile providers. These are for convenience only and do not represent any endorsement by ICC.

Profiles corresponding to some of these characterization data sets can be found in the ICC Profile Registry. Note that more than one profile may be generated from a single data set, using different separation methods such as the level of black generation.

If you wish to supply data for inclusion of this section of the data registry please contact the ICC Technical Secretary.