_SATURATION32
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The _SATURATION32 function returns the saturation value (HSB colorspace) of a given 32-bit ARGB color.
Syntax
- saturation# = _SATURATION32(argbColor~&)
Parameters
- argbColor~& is the 32-bit ARGB color value to retrieve the saturation value from.
Description
- The value returned is of type DOUBLE in the range 0 to 100 percent.
- 100% is the richest color possible, as closer the value comes to 0% as more faded is the color, ending at dull gray.
- The intensity of the gray (i.e. black >> darkgray >> midgray >> lightgray >> white) depends on the brightness value.
- Naming differences
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- The HSB (B=Brightness) colorspace is also known as HSV (V=Value) and sometimes even called HSI (I=Intensity), but that's all just different names for the same thing.
- However, this function is not suitable for the HSL (L=Lightness) colorspace, which is widely used in the Web/CSS.
- Precision drawbacks
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- When converting between colorspaces, rounding errors can occur.
- While the HSB colorspace has virtually infinite precision using floating point values, RGB is limited to 8-bit integers (0-255) only, which can lead to quantization errors.
- In fact, not all colors in HSB can be accurately represented in RGB, but the opposite is possible.
- It can be guaranteed, that the _HUE32, _SATURATION32 and _BRIGHTNESS32 values retrieved from any arbitrary RGB color will reproduce the exact same RGB color when passed back through _HSB32.
Availability
none
v4.0.0
yes
yes
yes
Examples
- Example 1
- Showcasing the HSB value retrieving functions and demonstrate the quantization errors.
PRINT "Creating a color using the HSB colorspace..." cOrig~& = _HSB32(90, 75, 65) PRINT "_HSB32( 90, 75, 65 ) = _RGB32("; _RED32(cOrig~&); ","; _GREEN32(cOrig~&); ","; _BLUE32(cOrig~&); ")" PRINT PRINT "Back to HSB values (notice the quantization errors)." PRINT "The HSB color was not accurately representable in RGB." PRINT "Hue.......:"; _HUE32(cOrig~&) PRINT "Saturation:"; _SATURATION32(cOrig~&) PRINT "Brightness:"; _BRIGHTNESS32(cOrig~&) PRINT cBack~& = _HSB32(_HUE32(cOrig~&), _SATURATION32(cOrig~&), _BRIGHTNESS32(cOrig~&)) PRINT "However, when using the retrieved HSB values again for conversion," PRINT "then we definitly get back the exact same RGB color again." PRINT "Red.......:"; _RED32(cBack~&) PRINT "Green.....:"; _GREEN32(cBack~&) PRINT "Blue......:"; _BLUE32(cBack~&) PRINT PRINT "Conclusion:" PRINT "Not every HSB color can be accurately represented in 8-bit integer RGB," PRINT "but every RGB color can be accurately represented in floating point HSB." END |
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