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title: "Color To HSV"
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description: "Takes a red, green, blue and alpha color vector and converts it into a hue, saturation, value and alpha output vector. The alpha value is simply copied to …"
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# Color To HSV

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# Color To HSV

## Introduction

![Image: C4D_Color_To_HSV.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/C4D_Color_To_HSV.png)

Takes a red, green, blue and alpha color vector and converts it into a hue, saturation, value and alpha output vector. The alpha value is simply copied to the output alpha component.

## Parameters

### Input

This is the color value that will be converted to an HSVA output vector.