Colour theory

Colour theory underpins all colour models and all forms of colour management.  Some theories explain how human beings perceive colour, others provide practical methods for managing colour in both analogue and digital colour spaces.

• Colour theories discussed here at lightcolourvision.org include:
  • CMY colour model
  • Greyscale colour model
  • HSB colour model
  • Lab colour model
  • RGB colour model
  • Spectral colour model
  • Trichromatic colour model