Color Spaces


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The visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

  

The R,G,B additive color system   and   the RGB-cube (a 3D color space)

 

The RGB color cube balanced on its "black" corner   versus   the HSV color cone

    

Two more views of the HSV color cone



        

Two views of the HLS  double cone (tries to achieve symmetry between black and white)




    

The CIE Chromaticity Diagram (1931) -- (Human) Perceptual Color Space


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