Which portfolio type may have color accuracy issues due to monitors and require printed samples for accuracy?

• A. Printed portfolio
• B. Online/digital portfolio
• C. Watermark
• D. Portfolio

Answer: (B)

Color accuracy on screen can vary because monitors aren’t standardized. Each display uses different calibration, color spaces (like sRGB, Adobe RGB), gamma, brightness, and ambient lighting, so the same image can look differently from one device to another. When work is shown in an online or digital portfolio, those on-screen colors may not match the final print unless color management steps are taken. Designers lean on printed samples to verify or adjust colors, ensuring what’s seen online translates well to physical prints. Printed formats rely on the printer, ink, and paper, which introduce their own limitations, but the key point here is the variability across screens that makes printed proofs essential for accuracy. The other options aren’t types of portfolios that would be described by this color-monitor issue.