@@ -2762,6 +2762,7 @@ Device-dependent CMYK Colors: the ''device-cmyk()'' function</h2>
27622762 This is not trivial, like the conversion from HSL or HWB to RGB;
27632763 the precise conversion depends on the precise characteristics of the output device.
27642764
2765+ <!-- hopelessly handwavy and untestable -->
27652766 If the user agent has information about the output device such that it believes
27662767 it can accurately convert the CMYK color to a correct RGB color,
27672768 the computed value of the ''device-cmyk()'' function must be that RGBA color.
@@ -2784,6 +2785,23 @@ Device-dependent CMYK Colors: the ''device-cmyk()'' function</h2>
27842785 to avoid any color-matching difficulties.
27852786 </div>
27862787
2788+ The naive conversion is necessarily approximate,
2789+ since it has no knowledge of the colorimetry of the inks,
2790+ the dot gain,
2791+ the colorimetry of the RGB space, and so on.
2792+
2793+ <figure>
2794+ <img src="images/macbeth-naive.svg" style="width: 60vmin">
2795+ <figcaption>
2796+ A color checker, used for ensuring color fidelity
2797+ in the print and photographic inductries.
2798+ Averaged measured Lab values are available for each patch.
2799+ The rectangles show the Lab values, converted to sRGB.
2800+ The circles show the Lab values, passed through an ICC profile to convert them to CMYK.
2801+ The CMYK value are then naively converted to sRGB.
2802+ </figcaption>
2803+ </figure>
2804+
27872805<h3 id='cmyk-rgb'>
27882806Converting Between Uncalibrated CMYK and RGB-Based Colors</h3>
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