Color concept
Hue
The attribute that lets us name a color family such as red, yellow, green, or blue.
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What it is
Hue is the color-family dimension: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and the transitions between them. It is different from how light, dark, vivid, or muted a color is.
Basics
- Hue answers “what color family is it?”
- Hue can be arranged in wheels, spectra, or color spaces depending on the model.
- Hue is separate from saturation, chroma, value, and lightness.
Notes for later expansion
- Later expansion should compare hue in HSV/HSL, LCH, artist wheels, and perceptual color spaces.