Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Peter Rolf wrote:
>>
>>> But to my surprise ConTeXt automatically converts my RGB colors (even
>>> the MP defined ones), except that the final colors are in the CMY
>>> instead of CMYK color space. All I want is a true RGBtoCMYK conversion.
>>> I know about the calculating limitations in TeX, so I can wait for an
>>> implemetation of that macro in LuaTeX.
>>>
>>>
>> but even then ... we need a formula ...
>>
>
> Most pages on the internet list the following simple conversion formula:
>
> C' = 1 - (R/range) C = (C' - K') / (1 - K')
> M' = 1 - (G/range) M = (M' - K') / (1 - K')
> Y' = 1 - (B/range) Y = (Y' - K') / (1 - K')
> K' = MIN(C',Y',M') K = K'
>
> In the special case of K'=1, use (0,0,0,1)
>
> (I'm not a TeX guru, but I assume that conversion with current macros
> should not be much more difficult than conversion with luaTeX.)
>
>
this is what we have now
\def\doconvertRGBtoCMYK#1\to#2%
{\colordimen#1\points
\multiply\colordimen \plusthousand
\colorcount\colordimen
\advance\colorcount \medcard
\divide\colorcount \maxcard
\colorcount-\colorcount
\advance\colorcount \plusthousand
\edef#2{\realcolorvalue\colorcount}}
\def\convertRGBtoCMYK#1#2#3%
{\doconvertRGBtoCMYK#1\to\@@cl@@c
\doconvertRGBtoCMYK#2\to\@@cl@@m
\doconvertRGBtoCMYK#3\to\@@cl@@y
\let\@@cl@@k\@@cl@@z}
well, you can spent the rest of the evening writing an alternative
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