# Package java.awt.color

Provides classes for color spaces.

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- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  ColorSpace | This abstract class is used to serve as a color space tag to identify the specific color space of a Color object or, via a ColorModel object, of an Image, a BufferedImage, or a GraphicsDevice.
  ICC_ColorSpace | The ICC_ColorSpace class is an implementation of the abstract ColorSpace class.
  ICC_Profile | A representation of color profile data for device independent and device dependent color spaces based on the International Color Consortium Specification ICC.1:2001-12, File Format for Color Profiles, (see http://www.color.org).
  ICC_ProfileGray | A subclass of the ICC_Profile class which represents profiles which meet the following criteria: the color space type of the profile is TYPE_GRAY and the profile includes the grayTRCTag and mediaWhitePointTag tags.
  ICC_ProfileRGB | The ICC_ProfileRGB class is a subclass of the ICC_Profile class that represents profiles which meet the following criteria: The profile's color space type is RGB. The profile includes the `redColorantTag`, `greenColorantTag`, `blueColorantTag`, `redTRCTag`, `greenTRCTag`, `blueTRCTag`, and `mediaWhitePointTag` tags. The `ICC_Profile` `getInstance` method will return an `ICC_ProfileRGB` object when these conditions are met.

- Exception Summary
  Exception | Description
  --- | ---
  CMMException | This exception is thrown if the native CMM returns an error.
  ProfileDataException | This exception is thrown when an error occurs in accessing or processing an ICC_Profile object.

## Package java.awt.color Description

Provides classes for color spaces. It contains an implementation of a color space based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) Profile Format Specification, Version 3.4, August 15, 1997. It also contains color profiles based on the ICC Profile Format Specification.

Since:
  1.2

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