Abstract: A digital color document is generated or processed on a first computer by way of a color management enabled graphics application, by using a monitor-profile. The digital data of the color document are packed together with the underlying monitor-profile into a digital container document and transmitted to a second computer. The container document is unpacked in the second computer, whereby the data of the color document and the underlying monitor-profile are recovered. The unpacked monitor-profile is compared with a local monitor-profile active in the second computer and the comparison outcome is displayed on the monitor of the second computer.