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Aimee5FA4
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July 12, 2021
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Why am I not able to embed a color profile when saving as an SVG?

  • July 12, 2021
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I'm currently working with files that use the 'Adobe RGB' color profile. When I save a file as an SVG, then I open it back up, it reverts back to srgb color profile. Even if I switch the color profile back to Adobe RGB and save it, it always reverts back to sRGB. Please help!

 

I have attached 2 screenshots. 1 showing what it looks likes w/ Adobe RGB profile in Illustrator, and the other shows what it looks like after I save as SVG.

 

 

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November 26, 2021

Yes, but I've seen no evidence that any common app supports this. Certainly, it's irrelevant if SVG is used for its intended purpose, web graphics. All SVG must contain sRGB colours, even if they also contain optional (and largely ignored) ICC colours.

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Nick21946229mk1e
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November 26, 2021

Color management - Inkscape Wiki

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 26, 2021
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    Color management - Inkscape Wiki


    By @Nick21946229mk1e

     

    The documentation doesn't mention if this applies to the standard SVGs Inkscape saves or to their own implementation of the SVG file format.

    Myra Ferguson
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    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
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    July 14, 2021

    SVG is a vector format for the web. According to its specification, all SVG colors are in the sRGB color space.

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      Nick21946229mk1e
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      November 26, 2021

      >Additionally, SVG content can specify an alternate color specification using an ICC profile [ICC42] as described in Specifying paint. If ICC-based colors are provided and the SVG user agent supports ICC color, then the ICC-based color takes precedence over the sRGB color specification; otherwise, the RGB fallback colors must be used. Note that, in this specification, color interpolation occurs in an RGB color space even if an ICC-based color specification is provided (see ‘color-interpolation’).

       

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