iccMAX is coming soon.
The specification is currently at Final Draft International Standard stage, and is being balloted by ISO TC130 member bodies. If passed, it is expected that it will be published as ISO 20677 in 2019.
What is iccMAX?
iccMAX is a new color management system that goes beyond D50 colorimetry. This new specification has been approved by the ICC Steering Committee.
iccMAX profiles show v5 in the header to distinguish them from v4 and v2. iccMAX profiles also have class, sub-class, versioning and header information that differs from v4.
Users and developers are encouraged to make comments on the specification.
Profile Connection Space
The ICC v4 PCS has fixed D50 colorimetry, considered necessary until now to ensure interoperability and prevent ambiguity in colour transforms. iccMAX allows flexibility in the selection of illuminant and color matching functions. It supports spectral communication of colour information through an optional spectral PCS, and also supports the use of color appearance processing in the PCS, with the facility to store appearance attributes in a v5 profile.