Logo Design Dictionary : Hue, Saturation & Lightness

Adjusts all colors in an object/image and changes their strength and lightness.

Hue - shifts all pixels in an image around the color wheel to a different point. For example, if you change the red pixels to green, the green pixels turn to blue and the yellow pixels turn to cyan.

Saturation - adjusts the amount of grey in a color. The level of grey increases as the saturation decreases.

Lightness - adjusts the color’s brightness.


In Logo Design Studio, the best way to change the color of an included graphic object is to use the Hue, Saturation & Lightness sliders:

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