Your Colors Suck (it's not your fault)

642K views · 3 years ago · explainer · intermediate · evergreen

Acerola explains how color works in computer graphics, covering color spaces, perceptual brightness and why common representations like RGB mislead us. The tone is humorous and aimed at people who work with color on screens.

HN people recommend it as another excellent, slightly humorous introduction to color theory and color spaces for computer graphics.

“For a slightly humorous explaination and exploration of color spaces, I highly recommend this video.”

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@moxvallix2025 · in “Colors Suck (it's not your fault) [video]”
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@RealStickman_2025 · in “Issues with Color Spaces and Perceptual Brightness”
For a slightly humorous explaination and exploration of color spaces, I highly recommend this video. ▶ this video
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@uoaei2023 · in “Color: From Hexcodes to Eyeballs (2018)”
I found this video from acerola another excellent introduction to color theory vis a vis computer graphics: ▶ this video
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