HWB - A More Intuitive Hue-Based Color Model
Alvy Ray Smith, Eric Ray Lyons
In Journal of Graphics Tools, 1(1), 1996.
Abstract: The two most common color selector models, other than RGB (Red-Green-Blue), are the hue-based HSV (Hue-Saturation-Value) and HSL (Hue-Saturation-Lightness) color models. It is shown that both of these models are flawed. A closely related model, HWB (Hue-Whiteness-Blackness), is introduced that avoids the flaws, is slightly faster to compute, and is very easy to teach to new users: Choose a hue. Lighten it with white. Darken it with black. We explain that whitening is not the opposite of blackening.
BibTeX format:
@article{Smith:1996:HA,
  author = {Alvy Ray Smith and Eric Ray Lyons},
  title = {HWB - A More Intuitive Hue-Based Color Model},
  journal = {Journal of Graphics Tools},
  volume = {1},
  number = {1},
  pages = {3--18},
  year = {1996},
}
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