This example uses PhotoShop 6, with color settings similar to those used for the previous example.  In addition, "Relative Colorimetric" was used instead of the PhotoShop default "Perceptual".  These settings may be found under "Edit>Color Settings...".

As with example 1, there is no perceptible difference in the image, that I can see anyway, even after 10 conversions between RGB and CMYK and back again - 20 color space conversions total.

See the color settings used for this example

Original RGB image.


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The histograms below give an idea of how much change has occurred.  They are calculated by subtracting the red channel of the image from the original, and using PhotoShop's  Image>Histogram feature.

After 1 conversion to and from CMYK

RGB-CMYK-RGB-1.jpg (62344 bytes)
[full size]

Histo-1.jpg (19486 bytes)
average change = 1.5

After 5 conversions


[full size]

Histo-5.jpg (18948 bytes)
average change = 2.2

After 10 conversions

RGB-CMYK-RGB-10.jpg (64940 bytes)
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