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From: p_davis@epik.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Color PostScript
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Date: 21 Nov 90 16:57:51 GMT
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In article <6543@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott Robert Anderson) writes...
>I am aware that color has been added to the PostScript specification found in
>the original PostScript Language Reference Manual; is there a second edition in
>which these capabilities are described?  If not, where can I find a reference
>for them?

Actually color has been a feature of the PostScript language since its
beginning, and the use of rgb and hsb color specifications is described in the
PSLRM.  Look up the operators currenthsbcolor, currentrgbcolor, sethsbcolor,
and setrgbcolor for more information.

The recently announced Level 2 adds support for additional color models,
notably CMYK and some flavor of CIE.  This will be documented in the 2nd edition
of the PSLRM, which is supposed to be published in mid-December, I believe.