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8-82 Desktop Color Primer
Color Reference Guide for C9800 - 82
Hue, saturation, and brightness
A color can be described in terms of three varying characteristics, called the HSB
color model:
• Hue—tint (the qualitative aspect of a color—red, green, or orange)
• Saturation—the purity of the color
• Brightness—relative position between white and black
While the CIE chromaticity diagram shown earlier conveys hue and saturation,
a three-dimensional color model is required to add the brightness component, as
shown in the following figure.
Brightness
Saturation
Hue
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