The Effect of Using Various Gamut-Mapping Methods for Color Reproduction on the Cotton Fabric Estimated by the Category Judgment Method

It was essential for color reproduction to achieve the goal of "WYSIWYG" since the electronic pre-prepress technologies were adopted three decades ago. Gamut mapping technologies were often used as one of the primary control parameters for color reproduction. However, those technologies were widely used in the paper based printing, not in textile printing. In this study, three gamut-mapping methods: cut, linear, and non-linear were applied to color reproduction on the cotton fabric. Experimental data was collected and analyzed using a simple characterization of devices. Meanwhile, the effective degrees of color reproduction of the standard color images printed on the cotton fabric substrate were examined with Category Judgment Method. The results of the study indicated that the linear model of gamut mapping has the best performance in reproduction of color images on the textile substrate twill cotton fabric while the non-linear or clipping one the second.