Color space standards
To read this table, find a color space in the first column, then read across to identify the three sets of color data for that color space.
Elemental Live term for the color space |
Complies with this color space standard |
Complies with this brightness function standard |
Complies with this standard for display metadata |
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601 or Rec_601 |
SDR rec. 601 |
BT.1886 |
Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. |
709 or Rec_709 |
SDR rec. 709 |
BT.1886 |
Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. |
SDR 2020 | rec.2020 | BT.1886 | Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. |
HDR10 |
rec.2020 |
SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) |
SMPTE ST 2086 |
HLG or HLG 2020 |
rec.2020 |
HLG rec. 2020 |
Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. |
Dolby Vision 5.0. Only a Dolby Vision-compliant downstream player can handle this color space | A Dolby implementation of the ITP color representation format specified in the Rec. ITU-R BT.2100 | SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) | Proprietary Dolby Vision metadata (RPU), on a per-frame basis |
Dolby Vision 8.1. Both a Dolby Vision-compliant and an HDR10-compliant downstream player can handle the color space | rec.2020 | SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) | Proprietary Dolby Vision metadata (RPU), on a per-frame basis, and SMPTE ST 2086 on a per-stream basis |
Note that HDR10 and HLG use the same color space. They use different brightness functions and display metadata standards.