With color management it can be achieved that colors on different devices like cameras, scanners, monitors, laser, inkjet, offset printers and many more can be reproduced as similar as possible to each other.

Therefore device-dependent color spaces must be used. A well working color management will map the gamut of each device as Monitores and printer and device-independent color spaces such as Adobe RGB 1998

Modern color management systems use instruments such as the X-Rite i1 Pro 2 and related color management software that creates and manages color profiles within application programs such as the Adobe product range provides.