# Image formats: Color models for humans and devices

DevFeed: [Image formats: Color models for humans and devices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/image-formats-color-models-for-humans-and-devices-4028.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/color-models-humans-devices/>)

Author: polina-gurtovaia

Published: 2025-05-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [MDN Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mdn-blog.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mathematics.md>)

Tags: [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vision.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces a series on the core principles behind image formats and color models. It explains how humans perceive light and color through the eye and brain, and how devices represent and reproduce color across screens.

## Source excerpt

Images help bring more color and life to the web. This post describes how images are represented by humans and on different devices, with details about color spaces and vision theory.