Monday, January 26, 2009

Hue...


OK, all you readers out there, this is third and final installment on color photography. The subject is Hue and together with Saturation and Brightness, it makes up the way that Photoshop "sees" your color photos. That is why these three channels, as they are called, are so important. Hue is the characteristic that is most closely recognized as "color". You might call is the shade of color you are working with. Hue is represented usually on a color wheel with 360 degrees. We all know the color wheel from grade school but this wheel has millions of colors on it! The color wheel shows clearly the relationship between complementary colors. In the image above, I have shifted the Hue clockwise (right) from standard (left). In the image below I have shifted the Hue a different amount counterclockwise. These clearly show why Hue = "color" in simple terms.
Next time I will have excellent images to post from Peru!