Hue, saturation, brightness
<graphics> (HSB) A
colour model that describes colours in terms of
hue, saturation, and
brightness.
In the tables below, a hue is a "pure" colour, i.e. one with no black or white in it.
A shade is a "dark" colour, i.e. one produced by mixing a hue with black.
A tint is a "light" colour, i.e. one produced by mixing a hue with white.
A tone is a colour produced by mixing a hue with a shade of grey.
Microsoft Windows colour dialogs, PagePlus, and Paint Shop Pro use
HSB but call the third dimension "luminosity" or "lightness".
It ranges from 0% (black) to 100% (white).
A pure hue is 50% luminosity, 100% saturation.
Colour type
S
L Black
Any
0% White
Any
100% Grey
0%
1-99% Hue
100%
50% Shade
100%
1-49% Tint
100%
51-99% Tone
1-99%
1-99%
Quattro Pro, CorelDraw, and
PhotoShop use a variant (Quattro Pro calls the third parameter "brightness") in which a brightness of 100% can produce white, a pure hue, or anything in between, depending on the saturation.
Colour type
S
B Black
Any
0% White
0%
100% Grey
0%
1-99% Hue
100%
100% Shade
100%
1-99% Tint
1-99%
100% Tone
1-99%
1-99%
[Same as
HSV?]
