# Package java.awt.color

package java.awt.color
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

Related Packages
Package
Description
java.awt
Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
Class
Description
CMMException
This exception is thrown if the native CMM returns an error.
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 https://www.color.org).
ICC_ProfileGray
The `ICC_ProfileGray` class is a subclass of the `ICC_Profile` class that 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, and the profile includes the `redColorantTag`, `greenColorantTag`, `blueColorantTag`, `redTRCTag`, `greenTRCTag`, `blueTRCTag`, `mediaWhitePointTag` tags.
ProfileDataException
This exception is thrown when an error occurs in accessing or processing an `ICC_Profile` object.