---
title: renderingIntent
framework: Application Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [macOS 10.0+]
path: applicationservices/cm2header/1560282-renderingintent
---

# renderingIntent

The preferred rendering intent for the object or file tagged with this profile. Four types of rendering intent are defined: perceptual, relative colorimetric, saturation, and absolute colorimetric. The `renderingIntent` field consists of an unsigned long data type. The low word is reserved by the ICC and is used to set the rendering intent. The high word is available for use. For information on how the bits in `renderingIntent` are defined and how your application can set and test them, see [Rendering Intent Values for Version 2.x Profiles](../1560278-x_profiles.md).

## Declaration

```occ
UInt32 renderingIntent;
```