The following table describes each rendering intent and their applications:
| Rendering intent | Where to use for | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perceptual | Photographs (scans and images) | Fits all colors in the source space into the destination space while preserving overall color relationships. This method is suitable for images that contain significant out-of-gamut colors (RGB to CMYK) |
| Saturation | Business graphics (charts and solid colors) | Converts saturated colors in the source to saturated colors in the destination. This method may not be suitable for preserving original colors in an image |
| Relative Colorimetric | Proof output where the destination gamut is larger than source gamut | Maps white in the source to white in the destination, reproducing all in-gamut colors and clipping out-of-gamut colors to the closest reproducible hue. This method preserves more of the original colors than the Perceptual method |
| Absolute Colorimetric | Proof output where the media white color of the source needs to be reproduced on the destination media | Maintains color accuracy and does not change any colors that fall inside the destination color gamut (including white) |