To provide a color printing system and printing method that prevents colors of a color image from being deteriorated and realizes limiting of toner consumed amounts in details, depending on the kind of printing medium in use and a print mode or the like.

An analysis/selector section 1 analyzes print job information and environmental sensor information and selects a color profile. Printing job information items 2a, 2b are designated by each printing job, the information 2a is printing mode information associated with a printing mode, and the information 2b is printing material information associated with a printing material. An environment sensor section 3 is provided with a humidity sensor 3a and a temperature sensor 3b. A color profile DB(database) 4 stores three kinds of color profiles 4a, 4b, 4c. A caption 5 is a renderer.