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title: Investigating ICC Profiles for Asset Accuracy
description: Learn how ICC colour profiles affect image accuracy, reproduction, and digital asset workflows, including best practices for DAM governance.
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# [Investigating ICC Profiles for Asset Accuracy](https://www.databasics.com.au/blog/investigating-icc-profiles)

 Written by [Antra Silova](https://www.databasics.com.au/blog/author/antra-silova) | Nov 24, 2015 6:05:51 AM

 

The colour profile determines how the colours captured by the camera will be displayed in an image. Does your DAM system record this information when you upload images? Do you know what a pixel is? Find out more details and see some examples!

### References

[International Color Consortium](http://www.color.org/index.xalter)

[Impulse Adventure](https://www.impulseadventure.com)

[Fotoforensics](http://fotoforensics.com/tutorial-meta.php)

[IPTC Metadata Standards](https://iptc.org/standards/photo-metadata/iptc-standard/)

[Canto](https://www.canto.com)

[Cumulus](https://www.canto.com/cumulus/)

 

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