[Designer 2.0.0.0] Color Panel: Does Doc Color Space Limit Gamut of the Pop-up Color Models?

[Mark Oehlschlager]

I notice that within the Color Panel set to show Sliders, one can arbitrarily choose an alternate color model to build colors – a color model that differs from the established color model and space of the document.

We know that the gamut of some RGB color spaces are larger than others, and that the gamut of most RGB color spaces are larger than CMYK color spaces.

Question: Is the color gamut in each of the color model options from the Pop-up limited by the established Document color space?

For example, if my document color space is CMYK, U.S. Web Coated, will the gamut of colors available to me in the Slider selectors for RGB, HSL, and Lab be limited to those colors that are achievable in the CMYK, U.S. Web Coated color space?

And if not, if I'm able to select a color from the RGB or Lab model that is outside of the smaller color gamut of my CMYK document, am I warned or alerted to that fact in any way?