THE VIDEO SHELF · color theory in video
CD / Color
Captain Disillusion's comedic, fast-paced explainer on how color works in cameras, displays and video. It covers the biology of color perception and what it means for screens.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters recommend it as a dense but entertaining primer on color theory and color in video systems.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Captain Disillusion
- Topic
- color theory in video
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I highly recommend this Captain Disillusion video about color if you want to learn more about color theory: [VIDEO] You may have to watch the video multiple times though, because the information comes out of a firehouse.
umvi on Hacker News · 2020-09
In Impossible ColorsFor A/V stuff, I went looking for an understanding of how color works in video systems, and ran across this gem from Captain Disillusion: [VIDEO] His whole channel is great, though there's not a ton there, it makes sense given the staggering amount of work …
myself248 on Hacker News · 2021-11
In A toaster from 1949 is still smarter than any sold todayThis video from Captain Disillusion does a great job of explaining both the biological mechanism and the consequences it has on displays: [VIDEO]
Leszek on Hacker News · 2020-10
In What Color Is This? Part 2
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.