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Color Space Signatures
A ColorSync profile header contains a dataColorSpace field that carries the signature of the data color space in which the color values in an image using the profile are expressed. This enumeration defines the signatures for the color spaces supported by ColorSync for version 2.x profiles.
enum {
   cmXYZData   = 'XYZ ',
   cmLabData   = 'Lab ',
   cmLuvData   = 'Luv ',
   cmYxyData   = 'Yxy ',
   cmRGBData   = 'RGB ',
   cmGrayData  = 'GRAY',
   cmHSVData   = 'HSV ',
   cmHLSData   = 'HLS ',
   cmCMYKData  = 'CMYK',
   cmCMYData   = 'CMY ',
   cmMCH5Data  = 'MCH5',
   cmMCH6Data  = 'MCH6',
   cmMCH7Data  = 'MCH7',
   cmMCH8Data  = 'MCH8'
};
Enumerator descriptions

cmXYZData
The XYZ data color space.
cmLabData
The L*a*b* data color space.
cmLuvData
The L*u*v* data color space.
cmYxyData
The Yxy data color space.
cmRGBData
The RGB data color space.
cmGrayData
The Gray data color space.
cmHSVData
The HSV data color space.
cmHLSData
The HLS data color space.
cmCMYKData
The CMYK data color space.
cmCMYData
The CMY data color space.
cmMCH5Data
The five-channel multichannel (HiFi) data color space.
cmMCH6Data
The six-channel multichannel (HiFi) data color space.
cmMCH7Data
The seven-channel multichannel (HiFi) data color space.
cmMCH8Data
The eight-channel multichannel (HiFi) data color space.