Quantifiable color calibration

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer-program instructions executable by the processor for:
• identifying color peripheral devices of a color system;
• calibrating a first color peripheral device of the color system;
• calibrating additional color peripheral devices of the color system utilizing the first color peripheral device;
• calculating a calibration error of a test system, wherein the calculating calibration error of the test system comprises accentuating calibration errors of the test system via:
• repeating an iterative process for at least two cycles in which the test system and the additional color peripheral devices under test are maintained at a steady color state such that no adjustments are made to the test system, in which the iterative process comprises:
• a second color peripheral device sending a first output to a third color peripheral device;
• the third color peripheral device generating a second output based at least on the first output;
• and
• the third color peripheral device sending the second output to the second color peripheral device;
• presenting a final output of the iterative process to a user of the color system;
• determining a first color calibration setting of the first color peripheral device;
• determining a second color calibration setting of the second color peripheral device;
• determining a third color calibration setting of the third color peripheral device;
• storing a system configuration comprising the first color calibration setting, the second color calibration setting, and the third color calibration setting;
• and
• storing the system configuration in metadata associated with an image, the metadata enabling a second color system comprised of one or more color peripheral devices to adjust at least one of the one or more color peripheral devices to approximate the color state of the color system via the second color system.

Computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by a processor to perform acts comprising:

• identifying color peripheral devices of a color system;
• calibrating a first color peripheral device of the color system;
• calibrating additional color peripheral devices of the color system based on the first color peripheral device;
• calculating a calibration error of a test system by accentuating a calibration error of the color system via:
• repeating an iterative process until the additional color peripheral devices maintain a steady color state in which no adjustments are made to the test system, the iterative process comprising:
• sending a first output to a third color peripheral device from a second color peripheral device;
• generating a second output via the third color peripheral device based at least on the first output;
• and
• sending the second output to the second color peripheral device from the third color peripheral device;
• determining a system configuration that includes a first color calibration setting of the first color peripheral device, a second color calibration setting of the second color peripheral device, and a third color calibration setting of the third color peripheral device;
• creating metadata that includes the system configuration;
• and
• associating the metadata with an image, the metadata enabling a second color system comprised of one or more color peripheral devices to adjust at least one of the one or more color peripheral devices to approximate the color state of the color system via the second color system.