Systems and Methods for Processing Color Data

A computer-readable medium that contains instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform steps in a method for processing at least one document comprising color data in a first color space, the method comprising the steps of:

• inspecting the color data to determine if a color space conversion operation for a portion of the color data is specified using at least one of a color space dictionary or a transformation matrix, wherein the color space conversion operation converts the color data from the first color space to an intermediate standard color space;
• generating an input profile corresponding to the color conversion operation, wherein the input profile comprises information to convert color data from the first color space to the intermediate standard color space;
• and
• performing the color space conversion operation on the color data from the first color space to the intermediate standard color space using the generated input profile.