what is the difference between YUV format and HSV format? i wonder why HSV and YUV are different formats, even though they both works similarly (based on the brightness), if not what is the difference and i have confusions with YPbPr and YCbCr , can anyone give directions to understand these color formats.
So the best discussion I can point to is in this PDF on Charles Poynton's site.



The PDF goes on to much more detailed explanations of each color space, and how to convert between them. It's a bit longer than I want to type out (or cut-and-paste images of). :-)