# General information about color space
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Following is some general information about how MediaLive handles color space.

**Topics**
+ [Components of color space](color-space-simplified-definitions.md)
+ [Color space standards that MediaLive supports](color-space-simplified-standards.md)

**Default behavior**

The default behavior for a channel is to pass through the color space and pass through the uncorrected color space metadata. Therefore, if you want to pass through the color space to all the outputs, you can stop reading this entire section about handling color space.