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AB coordinates are a bit unintuitive, it's easier to visualize hues around a circle and have separate values for luminance and chroma, that's why people who wor
by deltron3030 7y ago
AB coordinates are a bit unintuitive, it's easier to visualize hues around a circle and have separate values for luminance and chroma, that's why people who work with color usually prefer LCH/HCL (Luminance, Chroma, Hue).
Chroma values in LCH differ between Hues, because each Hue has a different potential and max value. That's where HSLuv comes in, where chroma is a percentage value and therefore relative to the Hue, instead of an absolute one. This gives HCL similar usage ergonmics like HSL, thus the name HSLuv.
- pansa2 7y agoBut it’s possible to construct an LCh color space from either CIELAB or CIELUV. Why choose the one that’s less widely-used?
- deltron3030 7y agoSure, but chroma is absolute in LCh, which makes it hard to use for color generation. 100% chroma in HSLuv is the highest value of a particular hue in LCh.