[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyLHxn16pE)

In this episode, Surma explains a bit of the history of color spaces (sRGB, CIE XYZ, p3, rec2020, CIE LAB...) and why they are important. Jake asks questions.

- Bartosz Ciechanowski's brilliant blog post on color spaces → <https://goo.gle/2XeAs9V>
- Wikipedia on the Retina's cone cells → <https://goo.gle/3BXhhQM>
- Predefined color spaces in CSS Color → <https://goo.gle/2VveJtx>
- @argyleink's gradient demo → <https://goo.gle/3nmjgdp>
- Converting between CIE XYZ and LAB → <https://goo.gle/3txOa3J>

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