How Software Gets Color Wrong
Summary
Why blending in gamma-encoded sRGB gives muddy results, and why HSL and HSV inherit the same flaws.
The fix it proposes is simple: linear sRGB for physical operations, a perceptual space like OKLab for everything else.
- Resource: How Software Gets Color Wrong
- By: Björn Ottosson
- Published: 2020
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-spaces, perception, oklab, cielab, designer, developer