IEC 61966-2-2:2003

Multimedia systems and equipment — Colour measurement and management — Part 2-2: Colour management — Extended RGB colour space — scRGB

IEC 61966-2-2:2003 is applicable to the encoding, editing and communication of relative scene radiance, wide dynamic range, extended colour gamut, and extended bit precision RGB colours as a colour space used in computer systems and similar applications by defining encoding transformations.

Systèmes et équipements multimédias — Message et gestion des couleurs — Partie 2-2: Gestion des couleurs — Espace en couleurs RGB étendu — scRGB

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Jun-2003
• ICS: 17.180.20 - Colours and measurement of light
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 42 - Photography
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 42 - Photography
• Parallel Committee: ISO/TC 130 - Graphic technology
• Current Stage: 9060 - Close of review
• Start Date: 02-Dec-2025

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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
61966-2-2
First edition
2003-01
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Colour measurement and management –
Part 2-2:
Colour management –
Extended RGB colour space - scRGB
Mesure et gestion de la couleur dans les systèmes
et appareils multimédia –
Partie 2-2:
Gestion de la couleur –
Espace chromatique RVB étendu - scRVB
Reference number
IEC 61966-2-2:2003(E)

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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
61966-2-2
First edition
2003-01
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Colour measurement and management –
Part 2-2:
Colour management –
Extended RGB colour space - scRGB
Mesure et gestion de la couleur dans les systèmes
et appareils multimédia –
Partie 2-2:
Gestion de la couleur –
Espace chromatique RVB étendu - scRVB
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION .5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references. 6
3 Definitions. 6
4 Encoding characteristics . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Transformation from CIE 1931 XYZ values to 16-bit scRGB values
( R , G , B ) . 7
scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 (16) ()16
4.3 Transformation from 16-bit scRGB values
( R , G , B ) to CIE 1931 XYZ values. 7
scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 (16) ()16
Annex A (informative) Simple transformation between 8-bit sRGB and 16-bit scRGB
values . 8
Annex B (informative) Non-linear encoding for scRGB: scRGB-nl and its YCC
transformation: scYCC-nl.10
Annex C (informative) scRGB background information .12
Bibliography .16
Figure C.1 – Example workflow using scRGB.15
Table B.1 – Quantization relationships using scRGB .11

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT –
COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT –
Part 2-2: Colour management –
Extended RGB colour space – scRGB
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61966 has been prepared by Technical Area 2: Colour
measurement and management, of IEC technical committee 100: Audio, video and multimedia
systems and equipment.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
100/556A/FDIS 100/626/RVD

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Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
IEC 61966 consists of the following parts, under the general title Multimedia systems and
equipment – Colour measurement and management:
Part 2-1: Colour management – Default RGB colour space – sRGB
Part 2-2: Colour management – Extended RGB colour space – scRGB
Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels
Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels
Part 7-1. Colour printers – Reflective prints – RGB inputs
Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners
Part 9: Digital cameras
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until 2007.
At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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INTRODUCTION
The IEC 61966 standards are a series of methods and parameters for colour measurements
and management for use in multimedia systems and equipment applicable to the assessment
of colour reproduction.
The method of digitization in this part is designed to provide high bit precision, large colour
gamut and extended dynamic range that is linear with respect to scene radiance. Based on
IEC 61966-2-1 (sRGB), this colour space is well suited to meet the needs of the multimedia,
gaming and computer graphics applications. This standard provides a robust solution to these
needs. The white point and colour primaries of the scRGB solution are directly inherited from
the IEC 61966-2-1 (sRGB) standard. The encoding transformations provide all of the necessary
information to encode an image.

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MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT –
COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT –
Part 2-2: Colour management –
Extended RGB colour space – scRGB
1 Scope
This part of IEC 61966 is applicable to the encoding, editing and communication of relative
scene radiance, wide dynamic range, extended colour gamut, and extended bit precision RGB
colours as a colour space used in computer systems and similar applications by defining
encoding transformations. Primaries and white point values of the colour space defined in this
standard are identical to CIE chromaticities for ITU-R BT.709-5 reference primaries and CIE
standard illuminant D65 as its white point. The scRGB colour space is an extension of sRGB
and it is considered compatible with sRGB.
Additional transformations, such as white point adaptation methods, are beyond the scope of
this standard. The appropriate CIE recommendations should be referred to for guidelines
in this area.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 60050(845):1987, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) – Chapter 845: Lighting
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following definitions apply. Definitions of illuminance,
radiance, tristimulus, and other relating lighting terms are defined in IEC 60050(845).
3.1
output referred colour space
a colour space that represents the colorimetry of an output device with specified viewing
conditions
3.2
wide dynamic range colour space
a colour space whose encoding encompasses values below black and above white
3.3
luma
luminance signal as defined by SMPTE/EG28: 1993
NOTE Video systems approximate the lightness response of vision by computing a luma component Y′ as a
weighted sum of nonlinear R′G′B′ primary components: Each RGB signal is, comparable to the 1/3 power function
with an offset defined by L*. Luma is often incorrectly referred to as luminance.

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4 Encoding characteristics
4.1 General
The encoding transformations provide unambiguous methods to transform between CIE 1931
XYZ tristimulus values and 16-bit values for each channel of scRGB. The CIE 1931 XYZ
values are scaled so that the sRGB black point to white point luminance is 0,0 to 1,0, not 0,0
to 100,0. Y-tristimulus values less than 0,0 in CIE 1931 XYZ space represent values below
black. Y-tristimulus values greater than 1,0 represent values brighter than relative white.
The scRGB components that range from 0 to 16 384 encompass all visible surface colours
(from −0,5 to 1,5). The range from 12 288 to 65 535 is used to encode an extended specular
range of colours (from larger than 1,0 to 7,4999).
4.2 Transformation from CIE 1931 XYZ values to 16-bit scRGB values
( R , G , B )
scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 (16) ()16
The relationship is defined as follows:
R 3,240625 −1,537 208 − 0,498629 X
    
scRGB
    
G = − 0,968931 1,875756 0,041518 Y (1)
scRGB
    
    
B 0,055710 − 0,204021 1,056996 Z
scRGB
    
R = round[]()R × 8192,0 + 4 096
scRGB scRGB
()16
and: G = round[]()G × 8192,0 + 4 096 (2)
scRGB scRGB
()16
B = round[]()B × 8192,0 + 4 096
scRGB scRGB
()16
4.3 Transformation from 16-bit scRGB values ( R , G , B )
scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 (16) ()16
to CIE 1931 XYZ values
The relationship is defined as follows:
R = (R ÷ 8192,0)− 0,5
scRGB scRGB
()16
G =()G ÷ 8192,0 − 0,5 (3)
scRGB scRGB
()16
B =()B ÷ 8192,0 − 0,5
scRGB scRGB
()16
X 0,412 4 0,357 6 0,180 5 R
    
scRGB
    
and Y = 0,212 6 0,715 2 0,072 2 G (4)
scRGB
    
    
Z 0,019 3 0,119 2 0,950 5 B
scRGB
    

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Annex A
(informative)
Simple transformation between 8-bit sRGB and 16-bit scRGB values
A.1 General
This annex describes a simple transformation between 8-bit sRGB and 16-bit scRGB. While
more complicated and intelligent tonal rendering should be applied for the scRGB images to
obtain the most preferred images, this transformation is targeted to real-time display
transformations for quick and easy previewing. Other transformations that focus on other
requirements are possible. If such other transformations are intended to exchange with other
devices or applications, these transformations should be described within the application
documentation or file format as appropriate.
A.2 Transformation from 16-bit scRGB values ( R , G , B )
scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 (16) ()16
to 8-bit sRGB values ( )
R , G , B
sRGB sRGB sRGB
()8 ()8 ()8
The relationship is defined as follows:
R = (R ÷ 8192)− 0,5
scRGB scRGB
()16
G =()G ÷ 8192 − 0,5 (A.1)
scRGB scRGB
()16
B =()B ÷ 8192 − 0,5
scRGB scRGB
()16
R ,G , B < 0 (R ,G , B ≤ 4095)
If
scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 ()16 (16)
R = 0
sRGB
()8
G = 0 (A.2)
sRGB
()8
B = 0
sRGB
()
8
else if
0 ≤ R ,G , B < 0,018 (4096≤ R ,G , B ≤ 4243)
scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB
()16 ()16 ()16
R = round[]()4,500 × R × 255
sRGB scRGB
()8
G = round[]()4,500 × G × 255 (A.3)
sRGB scRGB
()8
B = round[]()4,500 × B × 255
sRGB scRGB
()8
else if
0,018 ≤ R ,G , B ≤ 1,0 (4244 ≤ R ,G , B ≤ 12288)
scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB scRGB
(16) ()16 ()16

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()0,45
R = round[((1,099 × R )− 0,099)× 255]
sRGB scRGB
()8
()0,45
G = round[]()()1,099 × G − 0,099 × 255 (A.4)
sRGB scRGB
()8
()0,45
B = round[]()()1,099 × B − 0,099 × 255
sRGB scRGB
()8
R = 255
sRGB
()8
else G = 255 (A.5)
sRGB
()8
B = 255
sRGB
()8
A.3 Transformation from 8-bit sRGB values ( R , G , B )
sRGB sRGB sRGB
()8 ()8 ()8
to 16-bit scRGB values ( R , G , B )
scRGB scRGB scRGB
() ( ) ()
16 16 16
The relationship is defined as follows:
If 0 ≤ R ,G , B < 21
sRGB sRGB sRGB
(8) ()8 ()8
R = round(7,139 × R + 4096)
scRGB sRGB
()16 (8)
G = round()7,139 × G + 4096 (A.6)
scRGB sRGB
()16 (8)
B = round()7,139 × B + 4096
scRGB sRGB
()16 (8)
1,0 
 
 
0,45
()  
 R + 25,245 
 sRGB 
()8
R = round × 8192 + 4096
scRGB   
()16
280,245
 
  
 
1,0
 
 
 
0,45
 
()G + 25,245 
 
sRGB
()8
else G = round × 8192 + 4096 (A.7)
  
scRGB
()16
280,245
 
 
 
 
1,0
 
 
 
0,45
()B + 25,245  
 
 
sRGB
()8
B = round × 8192 + 4096
  
scRGB
()16
280,245
 
  
 

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Annex B
(informative)
Non-linear encoding for scRGB: scRGB-nl and its YCC transformation:
scYCC-nl
B.1 General
This annex describes non-linear encoding for scRGB: scRGB-nl and its YCC transformation:
scYCC-nl. Applications and hardware developers who want to support various colour
compression schemes b
...