objective-cmacosnscolor

What's the difference between colorWithSRGBRed vs colorWithDeviceRed vs colorWithCalibratedRed

There are several convenience class methods for creating a NSColor. However, I can't seem to identify when to use the different class methods below:

colorWithSRGBRed:green:blue:alpha: vs colorWithDeviceRed:green:blue:alpha: vs colorWithCalibratedRed:green:blue:alpha:

Solution

  • tl;dr Use the calibrated colour space.

    Rather than regurgitate the documentation - the answer is in the Color Programming Topics

    Also the Color Space Overview

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    Edited to add

    sRGB is one of the named Color Spaces.

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    Finally - and this is the last image from the documentation, and I hope it answers your question - if you want to use a color space, use the calibrated one.

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