Difference between sRGB vs Adobe RGB color space

Before we get started, we have to define what color space is, right? Color spaces, also called "color space" or "light color" show the ability of the human eye to see color details (chromatic details). As you will imagine, this human eye band is far superior to any screen that can represent any screen, so a color space reference must be made to find screen power to represent colors.

There are several rules for defining color space, but the most common and used by them sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and Adobe RGB 1998.

The difference between sRGB and Adobe RGB

He the SRGB space

It was described by HP and Microsoft in 1998 in the sense that viewing images over the Internet (and thus pressing to save space), takes the standard color that monitors can display. The bad thing about this color space is that its width is too small to see too high.

For its part, space Adobe RGB, which is reasonably defined by Adobe, is designed so that images can be later converted to print prints that convert their colors to CMYK, so the visualization is larger.

You can see the technical description of both of the visuals included in the image above, and as you can see both are far from representing all the light color that can capture the human eye. In general terms, that is often said the SRGB display captures 35% of the colorswhile Adobe RGB up to 50% approx.

How much better does the hacker look?

After commenting in the previous section, you will think about that Adobe RGB color space is better than sRGB because it includes a large mirror. However, we have to look at other things, and even if your tracker lets you choose which color space you want to use at any time, if the image or video details do not have this display we will still get some bad results.

In other words, if you are editing photos in RAW (green) and your monitor supports it, yes you're interested in using Adobe RGB space to make the screen color presentation more realistic. However, if you are watching a movie or playing a game it is likely using Adobe RGB visuals to look "weird"

, and when you switch to sRGB you see that it looks better. This is because it will depend on how they make the movie or the game.

An example is in the picture above. Look for a "green" tree between two gray trees. In Adobe RGB color space it looks darker and less defined than using sRGB color scheme

Therefore the recommendation is that as a general rule you always use the sRGB color space, that despite being slightly honest, films and games are flexible to him. However, if you are preparing to edit photos or videos, then switch to Adobe RGB if your guardian allows it.