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Inside Macintosh: Advanced Color Imaging Reference /

Chapter 3 - ColorSync Manager Reference for Applications and Device Drivers / Constants and Data Types

HSV Color Value
A color value expressed in the HSV color space is composed of hue, saturation, and value component values. Each color component is expressed as a numeric value within the range of 0 to 65535 inclusive. The hue value represents a fraction of a circle in which red is positioned at 0.
struct CMHSVColor {
   unsigned shorthue;      
   unsigned shortsaturation;
   unsigned shortvalue;    
};