Oce CM4520 User Manual - Model)

Introduction

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Relationship Between Hue, Brightness and Saturation (Color 

Model)

Hue, brightness and saturation are the elements that we call the “three at-

tributes of color”. We can think of their affects using the solid object shown 

in figure 1, where the outer edge is the hue, the vertical axis is the brightness, 

and the horizontal axis from the center is the saturation.

Assigning colors to the solid object, representing the three attributes of color, 

shown in figure 1 produces the color model shown in figure 2. Although the 

level of saturation differs for each hue and degree of brightness, creating a 

complex color model, we can get a better understanding of the conditions 

under which the hue, brightness and saturation vary.

Figure 2

White

Brightness

Brightness

Black

Black

White

Brightness

Saturation

Hue

Black

Color model

Figure 1