C Specification

Possible values of VkSurfaceFormatKHR::colorSpace, specifying supported color spaces of a presentation engine, are:

// Provided by VK_KHR_surface
typedef enum VkColorSpaceKHR {
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR = 0,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_NONLINEAR_EXT = 1000104001,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_EXTENDED_SRGB_LINEAR_EXT = 1000104002,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_LINEAR_EXT = 1000104003,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DCI_P3_NONLINEAR_EXT = 1000104004,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT709_LINEAR_EXT = 1000104005,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT709_NONLINEAR_EXT = 1000104006,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT2020_LINEAR_EXT = 1000104007,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_HDR10_ST2084_EXT = 1000104008,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DOLBYVISION_EXT = 1000104009,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_HDR10_HLG_EXT = 1000104010,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_ADOBERGB_LINEAR_EXT = 1000104011,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_ADOBERGB_NONLINEAR_EXT = 1000104012,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_PASS_THROUGH_EXT = 1000104013,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_EXTENDED_SRGB_NONLINEAR_EXT = 1000104014,
  // Provided by VK_AMD_display_native_hdr
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_NATIVE_AMD = 1000213000,
    VK_COLORSPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR = VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace
    VK_COLOR_SPACE_DCI_P3_LINEAR_EXT = VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_LINEAR_EXT,
} VkColorSpaceKHR;

Description

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR specifies support for the sRGB color space.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_NONLINEAR_EXT specifies support for the Display-P3 color space to be displayed using an sRGB-like EOTF (defined below).

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_EXTENDED_SRGB_LINEAR_EXT specifies support for the extended sRGB color space to be displayed using a linear EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_EXTENDED_SRGB_NONLINEAR_EXT specifies support for the extended sRGB color space to be displayed using an sRGB EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_LINEAR_EXT specifies support for the Display-P3 color space to be displayed using a linear EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_DCI_P3_NONLINEAR_EXT specifies support for the DCI-P3 color space to be displayed using the DCI-P3 EOTF. Note that values in such an image are interpreted as XYZ encoded color data by the presentation engine.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT709_LINEAR_EXT specifies support for the BT709 color space to be displayed using a linear EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT709_NONLINEAR_EXT specifies support for the BT709 color space to be displayed using the SMPTE 170M EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_BT2020_LINEAR_EXT specifies support for the BT2020 color space to be displayed using a linear EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_HDR10_ST2084_EXT specifies support for the HDR10 (BT2020 color) space to be displayed using the SMPTE ST2084 Perceptual Quantizer (PQ) EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_DOLBYVISION_EXT specifies support for the Dolby Vision (BT2020 color space), proprietary encoding, to be displayed using the SMPTE ST2084 EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_HDR10_HLG_EXT specifies support for the HDR10 (BT2020 color space) to be displayed using the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_ADOBERGB_LINEAR_EXT specifies support for the AdobeRGB color space to be displayed using a linear EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_ADOBERGB_NONLINEAR_EXT specifies support for the AdobeRGB color space to be displayed using the Gamma 2.2 EOTF.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_PASS_THROUGH_EXT specifies that color components are used “as is”. This is intended to allow applications to supply data for color spaces not described here.

  • VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_NATIVE_AMD specifies support for the display’s native color space. This matches the color space expectations of AMD’s FreeSync2 standard, for displays supporting it.

Note

In the initial release of the VK_KHR_surface and VK_KHR_swapchain extensions, the token VK_COLORSPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR was used. Starting in the 2016-05-13 updates to the extension branches, matching release 1.0.13 of the core API specification, VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR is used instead for consistency with Vulkan naming rules. The older enum is still available for backwards compatibility.
Note

In older versions of this extension VK_COLOR_SPACE_DISPLAY_P3_LINEAR_EXT was misnamed VK_COLOR_SPACE_DCI_P3_LINEAR_EXT. This has been updated to indicate that it uses RGB color encoding, not XYZ. The old name is deprecated but is maintained for backwards compatibility.
Note

For a traditional “Linear” or non-gamma transfer function color space use VK_COLOR_SPACE_PASS_THROUGH_EXT.

The color components of non-linear color space swap chain images must have had the appropriate transfer function applied. The color space selected for the swap chain image will not affect the processing of data written into the image by the implementation. Vulkan requires that all implementations support the sRGB transfer function by use of an SRGB pixel format. Other transfer functions, such as SMPTE 170M or SMPTE2084, can be performed by the application shader. This extension defines enums for VkColorSpaceKHR that correspond to the following color spaces:

Table 1. Color Spaces and Attributes
Name Red Primary Green Primary Blue Primary White-point Transfer function

DCI-P3

1.000, 0.000

0.000, 1.000

0.000, 0.000

0.3333, 0.3333

DCI P3

Display-P3

0.680, 0.320

0.265, 0.690

0.150, 0.060

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

Display-P3

BT709

0.640, 0.330

0.300, 0.600

0.150, 0.060

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

ITU (SMPTE 170M)

sRGB

0.640, 0.330

0.300, 0.600

0.150, 0.060

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

sRGB

extended sRGB

0.640, 0.330

0.300, 0.600

0.150, 0.060

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

extended sRGB

HDR10_ST2084

0.708, 0.292

0.170, 0.797

0.131, 0.046

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

ST2084 PQ

DOLBYVISION

0.708, 0.292

0.170, 0.797

0.131, 0.046

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

ST2084 PQ

HDR10_HLG

0.708, 0.292

0.170, 0.797

0.131, 0.046

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

HLG

AdobeRGB

0.640, 0.330

0.210, 0.710

0.150, 0.060

0.3127, 0.3290 (D65)

AdobeRGB

The transfer functions are described in the “Transfer Functions” chapter of the Khronos Data Format Specification.

Except Display-P3 OETF, which is:

where L is the linear value of a color component and E is the encoded value (as stored in the image in memory).

Note

For most uses, the sRGB OETF is equivalent.

See Also

VK_KHR_surface, VkSurfaceFormatKHR, VkSwapchainCreateInfoKHR

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

Copyright 2014-2023 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0