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April 18, 2023
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Color theory wrong

  • April 18, 2023
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Adobe is using color theory which contains wrong, misleading facts.

Examples:
In Photoshop/hue saturation HSV the V is called "lightness".

And in the color picker it is called HSB… ("brightness?")

The V (Value) in HSV has nothing to do with the intensity of a light source.
It is numerical value as an input to judge if a color has more white in it or black.
So it is a Notan semiotic device and not a chiaroscuro indictation.
The formal, international standards color is Hue (the actual color itself, i.e. blue, red, yellow etc.) Saturation (pigmentation purity) and Value (aka Tone in some artistic circles).

Another example is https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/discover/article/understanding-color-a-visual-guide
Just like Betty Edvards got it wrong, any color can have a "warm or cold" temperature shift simply by a slight desaturation or slight hue shift along the color circle.
Simply because colors are perceptually relative to each other.

Please Adobe, get your facts straight. I'm open to consultation if you wish.