---
title: NSColorRenderingIntent.perceptual
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: appkit/nscolorrenderingintent/perceptual
---

# NSColorRenderingIntent.perceptual

Preserve the visual relationship between colors by compressing the gamut of the graphics context to fit inside the gamut of the output device.

## Declaration

```swift
case perceptual
```

## Discussion

Discussion Perceptual intent is good for photographs and other complex, detailed images.

## See Also

### Constants

- [NSColorRenderingIntent.default](appkit/nscolorrenderingintent/default.md)
- [NSColorRenderingIntent.absoluteColorimetric](appkit/nscolorrenderingintent/absolutecolorimetric.md)
- [NSColorRenderingIntent.relativeColorimetric](appkit/nscolorrenderingintent/relativecolorimetric.md)
- [NSColorRenderingIntent.saturation](appkit/nscolorrenderingintent/saturation.md)