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[css-color-4] update prophoto-rgb description
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The ''prophoto-rgb'' colorspace accepts three numeric parameters,
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representing the red, green, and blue channels of the color,
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with each having a valid range of [0, 1]. The transfer curve is
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a gamma function with a value of 1/1.8.
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a gamma function with a value of 1/1.8,
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and a small linear portion near black.
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The white point is D50, the same as is used by CIE Lab. Thus,
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conversion to Lab does not require the chromatic adaptation step.
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The ProPhoto RGB space uses primaries chosen to allow
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a wide color gamut and to minimise hue shifts under tonal manipulation.
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The ProPhoto RGB space uses hyper-saturated,
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non physically realizable primaries.
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These were chosen to allow
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a wide color gamut and in particular,
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to minimise hue shifts under tonal manipulation.
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It is often used in digital photography as a wide gamut
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colorspace for the master version of
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photographic images. The ''prophoto-rgb'' colorspace allows CSS to
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C is the red, green or blue component.
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<figure>
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<img src="images/prophoto-prim-sec.svg" style="width: 80.68vmin"
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alt="diagram of rec2020 primaries and secondaries in LCH">
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<figcaption>Visualization of the protphoto-rgb colorspace in LCH. The primaries and secondaries are shown
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(but in sRGB, not in the correct colors).
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For comparison, the sRGB primaries and secondaries
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are also shown, as dashed circles.
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prophoto-rgb primaries and secondaries have much higher Chroma,
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but much of this ultrawide gamut
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does not correspond to physically realizable colors.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<dt><dfn>rec2020</dfn>
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The ''rec2020'' [[!Rec.2020]] colorspace accepts three numeric parameters,

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