Towards cross-media color reproduction

Suppose that we wish to compare the color appearance of an image displayed on monitor and a reproduction of the image on a printed page. We could place the monitor and printed image side-by-side and let an observer judge the colors of each. The difficulty with this arrangement is that the ambient illumination interferes with the color appearance of the monitor image. To see the monitor image clearly, the observer would like to turn down the room lighting. But in this case, the observer will be unable to see the printed image. As the room lights are turned up, the printed image becomes visible but the monitor image becomes washed out.