Color Spaces
Long-tail route · color science
Use this when gamut, conversion, and chromaticity need to stop feeling abstract.
Color science explainer spanning RGB spaces, chromaticity, transfer curves, gamut boundaries, and matrix conversions with interactive plots.
At a glance
Live interactive
The maintained version lives at the route linked here, with this garden note keeping the embed and editorial framing.
Best companion
Pair it with [[Cameras-and-Lenses]] when you want capture first and representation second, or with [[Lights-and-Shadows]] for another visual-computation route.
Time and level
About 12 to 18 minutes. Intermediate. Best if you already know what RGB is but want the deeper intuition behind gamut and conversion.
Reading path
- Open the live interactive: https://kohnnn.github.io/interactive-explanation/color-spaces/
- Continue through Cameras-and-Lenses or Lights-and-Shadows when you want a neighboring optics and rendering path
- Move through the local archive via Interactive or Visual Notes