= YUV = The YUV colorspace is a system to represent color in a more compact way that accounts for the way human perception works. YUV is used in the PAL composite color video standard. The 'Y' pertains to the luma component, or how bright the color is. The two chrominance components called U (blue) and V (red). Luminance is Y and luma is Y', where the prime sybmol denotes gamma correction. Luminance is physical linear space brigtness, while luma is precieved brightness (non linear).