convert RGB values to equivalent HSV values using python

Question

I want to convert RGB values to HSV using python. I got some code samples, which gave the result with the S and V values greater than 100. (example : http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576554-covert-color-space-from-hsv-to-rgb-and-rgb-to-hsv/ ) . anybody got a better code which convert RGB to HSV and vice versa

thanks

Answer 1

Did you try using the colorsys library?

The colorsys module defines bidirectional conversions of color values between colors expressed in the RGB (Red Green Blue) color space used in computer monitors and three other coordinate systems: YIQ, HLS (Hue Lightness Saturation) and HSV (Hue Saturation Value)

Example (taken from the above link):

>>> import colorsys
>>> colorsys.rgb_to_hsv(.3, .4, .2)
(0.25, 0.5, 0.4)
>>> colorsys.hsv_to_rgb(0.25, 0.5, 0.4)
(0.3, 0.4, 0.2)

Answer 2

If using PIL, with a recent copy of Pillow, one should probably use

def rgb2hsv(image):
    return image.convert('HSV')