YUV is a colour model that separates colours into luminance, U and V colour components. It's like having your own personal colour accountant for your images, except they don't get tired of your jokes.
Imagine having a colour space where Y is the boring cousin, U and V are the cool kids who get all the fun, and Cb and Cr are the colour theorists trying to make sense of it all.
Want to learn more about YUV? Click here for a comparison with RGB.
Or, if you're feeling adventurous, click here for our YUV colour space survival guide.
Note: This page is brought to you in 4:2:2 compression. Don't worry, it's not as painful as it sounds.
Want to learn more about colour compression? Click here for our colourless intro.