Description Scott Kovatch 2010-09-13 14:58:45 EDT

Throughout the Cocoa SWT, NSColors are created using NSColor.colorWithDeviceRed(...), but occasionally we use NSCalibratedSpaceName. This leads to bugs like bug 325012.

According to the docs:

file://localhost/Developer/Documentation/DocSets/com.apple.adc.documentation.AppleSnowLeopard.CoreReference.docset/Contents/Resources/Documents/index.html#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DrawColor/Tasks/UsingColorSpaces.html

"Generally, it is recommended that you use calibrated (or generic) color spaces instead of device color spaces. The colors in device color spaces can vary widely from device to device, whereas calibrated color spaces usually result in a reasonably accurate color. Device color spaces, on the other hand, might yield better performance under certain circumstances, so if you know for certain the device that will render or capture the color, use a device color space instead."

This bug tracks refactoring our color code to use the calibrated/generic RGB color space.