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(Hue, Saturation, Value).
- Development: Introduced as an alternative to RGB and HSL for representing colors in a more intuitive way for graphics and image processing applications.
- Colors/Units of Measure: Hue (the type of color), Saturation (the intensity of the color), Value (the brightness of the color).
- Hardware-Based: Mainly used in software applications for color selection, image editing, and computer graphics.
- Year of Release: HSV was proposed in the 1970s as a way to represent colors more intuitively.
- Founding Institution: Proposed by computer graphics researchers; standardized by various organizations such as W3C.
- Color Theory: HSV is based on the way humans perceive color. Hue represents the type of color (e.g., red, green, blue), saturation represents the intensity of the color (from dull to vibrant), and value represents the brightness of the color (from dark to light).
- Color Model: Cylindrical representation of color.
- Total Number of Possible Color Combinations: Infinite range of colors, covering the entire visible spectrum.
- Primary Colors: Hue.
- Secondary Colors: Saturation and Value.
- Tertiary Colors: Not applicable.