CSL Color Spaces
CSL supports the following color spaces:
- CIE-XYZ The international standard capable of representing all colors
- CIE-xyY A variation of the CIE standard using two color components plus luminance (Y)
- CIE-uvY Another variation of the CIE standard using two color components plus luminance (Y)
- PhotoYCC [tm] Kodak's system originated for PhotoCDs [tm]
- U*V*W* a precursor of L*u*v*
- L*u*v* a popular perceptually uniform space
- L*C*Huv*
- L*a*b* A popular perceptually equalized space, i.e., numerical distance in the space is proportional to perceived color difference
- L*C*Hab*
- CMYK Cyan, magenta, yellow, key (black); for four-color printing
- DIN FSD German standard
- Munsell HVC US standard; hue, value, and chroma
- RGB Red, green, blue; for color monitors and scanners
- HSV Hue, saturation, value
- HLS Hue, lightness, and saturation
- YIQ Luminance, in-phase, quadrature; color television system
- National Bureau of Standards Dictionary of Color Names
Thousands of popular and commercial color names (like mauve, teal, cobalt, etc.)
- National Bureau of Standards Color System
A stylized system of about two hundred names encompassing all colors
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