p5.js hue() function

The hue() function in p5.js is used to extract the HSB and HSL hue value from a color or pixel array.

Syntax:

hue(c)

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter c which stores the p5.Color object, color components, or CSS color.

Below programs illustrate the hue() function in p5.js:

Example 1: This example uses hue() function to extract the HSB and HSL hue value from a color or pixel array.

function setup() {

    // Create Canvas of size 300*80
    createCanvas(300, 80);
}

function draw() {

    // Set background color
    background(220);

    // Initialize color mode to HSB
    colorMode(HSB, 255);

    // Initialize the parameter
    let c = color(0, 126, 100);

    // Sets 'value' to 0
    let value = hue(c);

    // Set font size
    textSize(16);

    // Set font color
    fill(color('red'));

    // Display result
    text("Hue Value is : " + value, 50, 30);
}

Output:

Example 2: This example uses hue() function to extract the HSB and HSL hue value from a color and fill color value as grayscale integer value.

function setup() {

    // Create Canvas of size 300*180
    createCanvas(300, 180);
}

function draw() {

    // Set background color
    background(220);

    // Initialize color mode to HSB
    colorMode(HSB, 255);

    // Initialize the parameter
    let c = color(56, 126, 10);

    // Sets 'value' to 56
    let value = hue(c);

    // Fill the hue value as grayscale
    fill(value);

    // Create rectangle
    rect(50, 15, 35, 70);

    // Display result
    text("Value of Hue is : " + value, 22, 110);
}

Output:

Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/hue