CCIR YUV Color System

The CCIR YUV color system is defined as a standard for the broadcast industry by the "Commission Consultative Internationale des Radiocommunications" (recommendation 601). Similar to the YIQ system.

Specifies one luminance and two chrominance components. These parameters are related by a linear transform to the RGB coordinates.

• The luminance carries the black and white information.
• The U and V chrominance carry the chromatic information. They are often down-sampled without loss of visual quality (YUV 4:4:4 to YUV 4:2:2). They are proportional to the Cb and Cr components (B-Y and R-Y respectively).