The HSV color wheel sometimes appears as a cone or cylinder, but always with these three components: Hue is the color portion of the model, expressed as a number from 0 to 360 degrees: Red falls between 0 and 60 degrees. Yellow falls between 61 and 120 degrees. Green falls between 121 and 180 degrees. Cyan falls between 181 and 240 degrees.

Designers use the HSV color model when selecting colors for paint or ink because HSV better represents how people relate to colors than the RGB color model does. The HSV color wheel also contributes to high-quality graphics.

The HSV cylindrical color model describes colors in terms of hue, saturation, and value. This aligns with human color perception and allows intuitive color selection compared to RGB. HSV enables simpler color adjustment and conversions in applications like image editing, data visualization, and design.

What is the HSV color setting? The HSV (hue, saturation, value) color setting is a cylindrical color model that describes colors in terms of hue, saturation, and value. It is an alternative to the more commonly known RGB (red, green, blue) additive color model.