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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Color manipulation functions in kdelibs?
From:       Kenneth Wimer <kwwii () bootsplash ! org>
Date:       2006-12-14 17:25:21
Message-ID: 200612141825.21341.kwwii () bootsplash ! org
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On Thursday 14 December 2006 17:56, Matthew Woehlke wrote:

> I would like to know how you can justify HSV support while asserting
> that HLS support would be inappropriate (at least that is the impression
> I am getting). I can think of exactly *one* benefit of HSV over HLS: the
> conversion code is simpler.
>
> HLS is considered by some (many?) to be a truer representation of
> perceived color. For a relatively definitive (i.e. not my own NSHO)
> statement of this, see Wikipedia's article on HLS color space:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_color_space#Comparison_of_HSL_and_HSV.

Note that for artists HSV is the standard in all decent apps. Inkscape is the 
only app I know that uses HLS and it takes a bit of getting used to. Just 
thought I should mention it :-)

>
> Also note that HLS is the W3C standard. As such, there is a very real
> chance that people are going to want to use it in the future. Is
> ignoring it really a wise idea?
>
> Also consider that Windows' standard color picker dialog offers RGB and
> HLS color spaces... and not HSV. (And see Wikipedia's list for more
> HLS-only examples.)

Bye,
Ken
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