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add LCH diagram
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and H is the angle from the positive a axis,
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with positive angles being more clockwise.
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<figure>
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<img src="images/CH-plane-wheel.svg">
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<figcaption>
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This figure shows the L=50 plane of the CIE Lab colorspace.
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20 degree increments in CIE LCH are displayed as circles
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at two levels of Chroma, 20 and 40.
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All the 20 Chroma colors fit inside sRGB gamut,
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some of 40 chroma are outside.
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These out of gamut colors are visualized as grey, with a red warning outer stroke.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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In Lab and LCH, if two colors have the same L value,
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they appear to have the same visual lightness--
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regardless of how different their hues are.

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