IntroductionColour space and colour encodingClassification of colour spacesRGB (red, green, blue)CMY(K) (cyan, magenta, yellow, black)HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) – and similarYCC (luminance, chrominance 1, chrominance 2) – and similarCIE colour spacesColorimetric colour spacesColour appearance spacesDevice dependent colour spacesImage stateSensor colour encodingScene-referred colour encodingOutput-referred colour encodingOriginal-referred colour encodingStandard colour space and colour space encodingssRGB (standard RGB) and sRGB-related colour space encodingssYCC and sYCC-relatedROMM RGB and RIMM RGBAdobe RGB 1998Device colour characterizationPhysical modelsNumerical modelsRegressionLook-up tables with interpolationEvaluation of the characterization modelCharacterization of displaysCharacterization of digital input devicesGamut mappingGamut mapping aimsGamut mapping techniquesBibliography