Location of color profiles?

I have color profiles listed in Aperture as choices that are not in the library>color sync>profiles folder. I would like to delete the ones I no longer use. Is this possible? Where are they located?
Thanks,
Jacob

They can be an a bunch of different locations under /System/Library, /Library and /Users/username/Library - the easiest way to figure out what and where they are and manipulating them is to use ColorSync Utility. Click on the profiles tab and then the profile name - it will list it's location.
You can then go there in finder and do what you wish.
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