For prints and photography, how much colour management kit do you need? When's it wasting your money

It's easy to spend a lot of money on colour management kit for calibration and profiling. What's really useful and what's just nice to have or even of no use at all? A look at the different aspects of colour mangement in photography and printing For my [free] test images see https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/printer-test-images/ For an example of making a DNG profile for LED lighting, see: https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/x-rite-colorchecker-nano-card/ This 2006 article was my original look at this topic https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/beware-of-the-colour-management-tar-pit/ My original look at the grey card shown https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/basiccalicube-and-basiccolor-gray-card-review/ The Colour Management book I recommend is Bruce Fraser's 'Real World Color Management' Should be available 2nd hand at a good price. For a full index of all my videos, see: https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/keith-cooper-photography-videos-index/ ----------------- If you'd like to make a small donation, I have a Kofi page: "Buy me a coffee" https://ko-fi.com/keithcooper ----------------- My articles and videos are always free to access. Any help with running this channel is gratefully received. ----------------- I also have some affiliate links which earn me a commission if used. US Amazon photo/print gear: https://amzn.to/3l9vJC6 B&H Photo: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/?BI=2008&KBID=2711&DFF=d10-v1-t8-x4 Adorama: https://www.adorama.com/?utm_source=rflaid64416&utm_medium=affiliate