Algorithm to Switch Between RGB and HSB Color Values

Question

I read the article Algorithm to Switch Between RGB and HSB Color Values

Type RGBColor
     Red As Byte
     Green As Byte
     Blue As Byte
End Type

Type HS         


        

Answer 1

Here's my version on how to do that (in C, sorry, but shouldn't be hard to convert, just replace the int *'s and double *'s with out or ref ints, and don't use pointer syntax)

void colorlib_hsbtorgb(double hue, double saturation, double brightness, int *red, int *green, int *blue)
{   
    if (saturation == 0)
    {
        *red = *green = *blue = brightness;
    }
    else
    {
        // the color wheel consists of 6 sectors. Figure out which sector you're in.
        double sectorPos = hue / 60.0;
        int sectorNumber = (int)(floor(sectorPos));
        // get the fractional part of the sector
        double fractionalSector = sectorPos - sectorNumber;

        // calculate values for the three axes of the color. 
        double p = brightness * (1.0 - saturation);
        double q = brightness * (1.0 - (saturation * fractionalSector));
        double t = brightness * (1.0 - (saturation * (1 - fractionalSector)));

        // assign the fractional colors to r, g, and b based on the sector the angle is in.
        switch (sectorNumber)
        {
            case 0:
                *red = brightness;
                *green = t;
                *blue = p;
                break;
            case 1:
                *red = q;
                *green = brightness;
                *blue = p;
                break;
            case 2:
                *red = p;
                *green = brightness;
                *blue = t;
                break;
            case 3:
                *red = p;
                *green = q;
                *blue = brightness;
                break;
            case 4:
                *red = t;
                *green = p;
                *blue = brightness;
                break;
            case 5:
                *red = brightness;
                *green = p;
                *blue = q;
                break;
        }
    }
}

RGB to hsb:

void colorlib_rgbtohsb(int red, int green, int blue, double *hue, double *saturation, double *brightness)
{
    double dRed = red / 255;
    double dGreen = green / 255;
    double dBlue = blue / 255;

    double max = fmax(dRed, fmax(dGreen, dBlue));
    double min = fmin(dRed, fmin(dGreen, dBlue));

    double h = 0;
    if (max == dRed && dGreen >= dBlue)
    {
        h = 60 * (dGreen - dBlue) / (max - min);
    }
    else if (max == dRed && dGreen < dBlue)
    {
        h = 60 * (dGreen - dBlue) / (max - min) + 360;
    }
    else if (max == dGreen)
    {
        h = 60 * (dBlue - dRed) / (max - min) + 120;
    }
    else if (max == dBlue)
    {
        h = 60 * (dRed - dGreen) / (max - min) + 240;
    }

    double s = (max == 0) ? 0.0 : (1.0 - (min / max));

    *hue = h;
    *saturation = s;
    *brightness = max;
}

If I find my code in C#, I will edit this answer....