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How do you translate a HSB color to RGB?

Platform: WinForms| Category: Colors

Here is a routine that does this. Note that the conversion is not precise but very close. (Please do post any better algorithm in our forums).


[C#]
		// This does not seem to yield accurate results, but very close.
		public static void ConvertHSBToRGB(float h, float s, float v, out float r, out float g, out float b)
		{
			if (s == 0f)
			{
				// if s = 0 then h is undefined
				r = v;
				g = v;
				b = v;
			}
			else
			{
				float hue = (float)h;
				if (h == 360.0f)
				{
					hue = 0.0f;
				}
				hue /= 60.0f;
				int i = (int)Math.Floor((double)hue);
				float f = hue - i;
				float p = v * (1.0f - s);
				float q = v * (1.0f - (s * f));
				float t = v * (1.0f - (s * (1 - f)));

				switch(i)
				{
					case 0: r = v; g = t; b = p; break;
					case 1: r = q; g = v; b = p; break;
					case 2: r = p; g = v; b = t; break;
					case 3: r = p; g = q; b = v; break;
					case 4: r = t; g = p; b = v; break;
					case 5: r = v; g = p; b = q; break;

					default: r = 0.0f; g = 0.0f; b = 0.0f; break; /*Trace.Assert(false);*/ // hue out of range
				}
			}
		}
[VB.Net]
Public Shared Sub ConvertHSBToRGB(h As Single, s As Single, v As Single, ByRef r As Single, ByRef g As Single, ByRef b As Single)
      If s = 0F Then
         ’ if s = 0 then h is undefined
         r = v
         g = v
         b = v
      Else
         Dim hue As Single = System.Convert.ToSingle(h)
         If h = 360F Then
            hue = 0F
         End If
         hue /= 60F
         Dim i As Integer = Fix(Math.Floor(System.Convert.ToDouble(hue)))
         Dim f As Single = hue - i
         Dim p As Single = v *(1F - s)
         Dim q As Single = v *(1F - s * f)
         Dim t As Single = v *(1F - s *(1 - f))
         
         Select Case i
            Case 0
               r = v
               g = t
               b = p
            Case 1
               r = q
               g = v
               b = p
            Case 2
               r = p
               g = v
               b = t
            Case 3
               r = p
               g = q
               b = v
            Case 4
               r = t
               g = p
               b = v
            Case 5
               r = v
               g = p
               b = q
            
            Case Else
               r = 0F
               g = 0F
               b = 0F ’Trace.Assert(false);
         ’ hue out of range
         End Select
      End If
   End Sub ’ConvertHSBToRGB

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