ColorSync
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ColorSync is Apple's color management system that ensures consistent and accurate color reproduction across devices and applications on macOS.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ColorSync Utility | 2 |
| ColorSync canonical | 1 |
| ColorSync API | 1 |
| ColorSync APIs | 1 |
| ColorSync C APIs | 1 |
| ColorSync Utility application | 1 |
| ColorSync filters | 1 |
| ColorSync profile repository | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10214296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ColorSync Context triple: [Core Image, uses, ColorSync]
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A.
Chroma
Chroma is a 1994 experimental book by filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman that blends memoir, theory, and meditation in a series of poetic reflections on color, vision, and his experience of AIDS-related blindness.
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B.
Colors
Colors is a 2017 studio album by American musician Beck that showcases a bright, pop-oriented sound and marked a stylistic shift from his earlier, more introspective work.
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C.
Colors
"Colors" is a 1988 crime drama film directed by Dennis Hopper that explores gang violence in Los Angeles, featuring Robert Duvall as a veteran police officer partnered with a younger cop.
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D.
ChooseColor
ChooseColor is a Windows common dialog box function that lets applications display a standard color-selection interface for users to pick and customize colors.
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E.
DeLuxe Color
DeLuxe Color is a color motion picture film process and brand used by Deluxe Laboratories as an alternative to Eastmancolor for producing color prints for movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ColorSync Target entity description: ColorSync is Apple's color management system that ensures consistent and accurate color reproduction across devices and applications on macOS.
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A.
Chroma
Chroma is a 1994 experimental book by filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman that blends memoir, theory, and meditation in a series of poetic reflections on color, vision, and his experience of AIDS-related blindness.
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B.
Colors
Colors is a 2017 studio album by American musician Beck that showcases a bright, pop-oriented sound and marked a stylistic shift from his earlier, more introspective work.
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C.
Colors
"Colors" is a 1988 crime drama film directed by Dennis Hopper that explores gang violence in Los Angeles, featuring Robert Duvall as a veteran police officer partnered with a younger cop.
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D.
ChooseColor
ChooseColor is a Windows common dialog box function that lets applications display a standard color-selection interface for users to pick and customize colors.
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E.
DeLuxe Color
DeLuxe Color is a color motion picture film process and brand used by Deluxe Laboratories as an alternative to Eastmancolor for producing color prints for movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple software technology
ⓘ
color management system ⓘ |
| component |
ColorSync APIs
ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
ColorSync Utility application ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
ColorSync filters ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
ColorSync profile repository ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
|
| designedFor |
color consistency across applications
ⓘ
color consistency across devices ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| exposedVia |
ColorSync API
ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
ColorSync C APIs ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
Quartz 2D APIs ⓘ
linked to:
Quartz 2D
|
| feature |
color filters for PDF and image workflows
ⓘ
color matching between devices ⓘ device calibration support ⓘ gamma and white point adjustments ⓘ profile repair tools ⓘ profile validation ⓘ profile-based color conversion ⓘ soft proofing support ⓘ |
| firstReleasedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| handles |
device color profiles
ⓘ
display color profiles ⓘ printer color profiles ⓘ proofing color spaces ⓘ scanner color profiles ⓘ working color spaces ⓘ |
| integratedInto |
ColorSync Utility
ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
Core Graphics ⓘ
linked to:
Quartz 2D
Quartz imaging system ⓘ macOS printing system ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
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macOS ⓘ |
| platform | desktop ⓘ |
| purpose |
color management
ⓘ
ensuring accurate color reproduction across applications ⓘ ensuring consistent color reproduction across devices ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ColorSync Utility
ⓘ
linked to:
ColorSync
Core Graphics ⓘ
linked to:
Quartz 2D
Core Image ⓘ Quartz ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | ICC profile format ⓘ |
| usedBy |
macOS system applications
ⓘ
professional graphics applications on macOS ⓘ third-party macOS applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
PDF color management
ⓘ
color-managed display rendering ⓘ color-managed printing ⓘ image processing workflows ⓘ |
| uses | ICC color profiles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ColorSync Description of subject: ColorSync is Apple's color management system that ensures consistent and accurate color reproduction across devices and applications on macOS.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ColorSync
linked to: ColorSync
linked to: ColorSync