Color Management settings

System administrators can manage many ArcGIS Pro user application settings.

The settings described below should be added under the ColorManagement element in the Pro.settingsConfig file.

Learn more about color management options

WorkingColorSpaceForNewItems

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Default color model for new items to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • RGB (default)
  • CMYK

An example of this setting is shown below.

<WorkingColorSpaceForNewItems isLocked="true">CMYK</WorkingColorSpaceForNewItems>

EnableColorManagement

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Enable color management to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • false (default)
  • true

An example of this setting is shown below.

<EnableColorManagement isLocked="true">true</EnableColorManagement>

RGBColorProfile

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Color profiles > RGB to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (default)
  • Any installed RGB color profiles

An example of this setting is shown below.

<RGBColorProfile isLocked="true">sRGB IEC61966-2.1</RGBColorProfile>

CMYKColorProfile

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Color profiles > CMYK to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 (default)
  • Any installed CMYK color profiles

An example of this setting is shown below.

<CMYKColorProfile isLocked="true">U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2</CMYKColorProfile>

ColorConversionRule

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Conversion rules > Color conversion rule to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • PreserveColorAppearance (default)
  • PreserveColorValues

An example of this setting is shown below.

<ColorConversionRule isLocked="true">PreserveColorValues</ColorConversionRule>

RenderingIntent

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Conversion rules > Rendering intent to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • RelativeColorimetric (default)
  • Perceptual
  • Saturation
  • AbsoluteColorimetric

An example of this setting is shown below.

<RenderingIntent isLocked="true">Perceptual</RenderingIntent>

EnableDefaultBlackPointCompensation

In the user interface, on the Color Management tab on the Options dialog box, click Conversion rules > Use black point compensation to access the corresponding setting.

Possible values are the following:

  • true (default)
  • false

An example of this setting is shown below.

<EnableDefaultBlackPointCompensation isLocked="true">false
</EnableDefaultBlackPointCompensation>