

# Color space standards
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To read this table, find a color space in the first column, then read across to identify the three sets of color data for that color space.


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|  Elemental Live term for the color space   |  Complies with this color space standard   |  Complies with this brightness function standard   |  Complies with this standard for display metadata   | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  601 or Rec\$1601   |  SDR rec. 601   |  BT.1886   |  Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata.  | 
|  709 or Rec\$1709   |  SDR rec. 709   |  BT.1886   |  Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata.  | 
| SDR 2020 | rec.2020 | BT.1886 | Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. | 
|  HDR10   |  rec.2020  |  SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ)   |  SMPTE ST 2086   | 
|  HLG or HLG 2020   |  rec.2020  |  HLG rec. 2020   | Not applicable. This color space doesn't include display metadata. | 
| Dolby Vision 5.0. Only a Dolby Vision-compliant downstream player can handle this color space | A Dolby implementation of the ITP color representation format specified in the Rec. ITU-R BT.2100 | SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ)  | Proprietary Dolby Vision metadata (RPU), on a per-frame basis | 
| Dolby Vision 8.1. Both a Dolby Vision-compliant and an HDR10-compliant downstream player can handle the color space | rec.2020 | SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) | Proprietary Dolby Vision metadata (RPU), on a per-frame basis, and SMPTE ST 2086 on a per-stream basis | 

Note that HDR10 and HLG use the same color space. They use different brightness functions and display metadata standards.