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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: RGB vs HSV
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:16:44 +1200
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In message <iq7q5d$b2u$1@dont-email.me>,  wrote:

> On 5/8/2011 6:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Wikipedia has formulas for the conversion. Or you can use code like the
>> HSVA class here
>> <https://github.com/ldo/ti5x_android/blob/master/src/GraphicsUseful.java>.
> 
> 
> I found this, the algorithm seems a bit more compact than yours.  Might
> want to give it a look:
> 
> <http://cs.haifa.ac.il/hagit/courses/ist/Lectures/Demos/ColorApplet2/t_convert.html>

In what way more compact? The RGB-to-HSV seems to involve just as many
comparisons (not counting the special case, where they return an out-of-
ange value, while I don’t), and the hue calculation is written out three
times, instead of just once. HSV-to-RGB seems to be no more simple than my
version.