Each pixel is assigned three color values which represent qualities of red, green or blue. Color values are further distinguished by their hue saturation and brightness. Suppose, for example, a photographer snaps an image of a pink balloon. The camera's red sensor is stimulated and the quantizer assigns the pixels that hue. Next, a saturation value is determined.
Deep red is a fully saturated color, while pink is much less saturated.
It is relatively faded and much closer to the white extreme of the scale. Lastly, the brightness value determines the luminous intensity of the color. These considerations will compose the saturation and intensity of the image. In that fragmentary instant, an image made of light is transformed into a stream of numerical data by a complex web of technologies. What's more, the image stored within the camera's memory chip is only the beginning.