Unified Color helps photographers, designers, image editors, and print buyers make color decisions that bring the screen, file, proof, and final output into closer agreement. Our articles make color-management concepts easier to use in practical workflows, while keeping the limits of each recommendation clear.
How we select sources
We prioritize sources closest to the question being answered. For color-management coverage, that includes current ICC/International Color Consortium material; documentation from display and calibration manufacturers; Adobe and operating-system color-management documentation; printer and paper profile guidance; and credible imaging references.
We also keep related concepts separate. A color space is not an ICC profile. Bit depth is not output gamut. Display calibration does not mean every output color can be reproduced. Soft proofing simulates a defined printer, ink, paper, and profile condition on a managed display; it is not a physical proof. When software behavior, specifications, pricing, or policies can change, current first-party information is the appropriate reference.
Evidence, attribution, and editorial judgment
We identify sources when that context helps readers judge or apply an important claim. Manufacturer statements are presented as manufacturer statements, and standards guidance is connected to the relevant issuing organization. Measurements and test results should retain the conditions that make them meaningful.
Unified Color distinguishes documented tests and firsthand experience from research, calculation, illustration, and reasoned opinion. Editorial judgment is part of making a useful recommendation, but its practical basis should be clear: what changes in the workflow, which tradeoff matters, and where uncertainty remains. General subject knowledge is not presented as evidence that a particular product or process was personally tested.
Illustrations and commercial disclosures
Technical diagrams and conceptual color-workflow images are editorial illustrations. They can clarify an idea, but they are not measured evidence. Documentary material is presented with an identified source.
Commercial relationships, sponsorships, affiliate arrangements, and ownership interests are described only when documented. If a relationship is relevant to particular content, the disclosure belongs with that content. Recommendations still need a clear, task-specific editorial basis.
Corrections
We correct material errors when reliable evidence shows that published information is inaccurate or no longer current. To request a correction, email contact@unifiedcolor.com with the article URL, the passage in question, and supporting evidence. Clear source documentation helps us assess the issue and make an appropriate update.