Apple’s new laptop supports one of the coolest features for color pros

The new MacBook Pro brings with it a bunch of firsts for Apple laptops, the two flashiest being an OLED display and touchscreen functionality. But as an image-accuracy enthusiast, trained calibrator, and resident display expert, what excites me most about the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is the technology it uses to display an accurate picture. It’s the first laptop, and only the second product overall, to support Apple CMF 2026 color modes. It could be the future for displays.

CMFs, or color-matching functions, mathematically represent how we perceive color, and there are a few different variations. The specification that’s been the standard for years is CIE 1931 (CIE stands for Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage, or International Commission on Illumination).