Scene Referred vs Display Referred color workflows

Display Referred it is tied to the target hardware, as such it bakes color requirements into every type of media output request.

Scene Referred uses a common unified wide gamut and targeting audience through CDL and DI libraries instead.
So that color information stays untouched and only “transformed” as/when needed.

Sources:
– Victor Perez – Color Management Fundamentals & ACES Workflows in Nuke
– https://z-fx.nl/ColorspACES.pdf
– Wicus