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+## Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Kai Habel
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{rgb_map} =} hsv2rgb (@var{hsv_map})
+## Transform a colormap or image from the HSV space to the RGB space.
+## @seealso{rgb2hsv}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>
+## Adapted-by: jwe
+
+function rgb_map = hsv2rgb (hsv_map)
+
+## Each color value x = (r,g,b) is calculated with
+## x = (1-sat)*val+sat*val*f_x(hue)
+## where f_x(hue) is a piecewise defined function for
+## each color with f_r(hue-2/3) = f_g(hue) = f_b(hue-1/3).
+
+ if (nargin != 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ ## If we have an image convert it into a color map.
+ if (ismatrix (hsv_map) && ndims (hsv_map) == 3)
+ is_image = true;
+ Sz = size (hsv_map);
+ hsv_map = [hsv_map(:,:,1)(:), hsv_map(:,:,2)(:), hsv_map(:,:,3)(:)];
+ ## Convert to a double image.
+ if (isinteger (hsv_map))
+ C = class (hsv_map);
+ low = double (intmin (C));
+ high = double (intmax (C));
+ hsv_map = (double (hsv_map) - low) / (high - low);
+ endif
+ else
+ is_image = false;
+ endif
+
+ if (! ismatrix (hsv_map) || columns (hsv_map) != 3)
+ error ("hsv2rgb: argument must be a matrix of size nx3");
+ endif
+
+ ## set values <0 to 0 and >1 to 1
+ hsv_map = (hsv_map >= 0 & hsv_map <= 1) .* hsv_map \
+ + (hsv_map < 0) .* 0 + (hsv_map > 1);
+
+ ## fill rgb map with v*(1-s)
+ rgb_map = kron ([1, 1, 1], hsv_map(:,3) .* (1 - hsv_map(:,2)));
+
+ ## red(hue-2/3)=green(hue)=blue(hue-1/3)
+ ## apply modulo 1 for red and blue
+ t = hsv_map(:,1);
+ tp = t';
+ hue = [(tp - 2/3 - floor (t - 2/3)');
+ tp;
+ (tp - 1/3 - floor (t - 1/3)')]';
+
+ ## factor s*v -> f
+ f = kron ([1, 1, 1], hsv_map(:,2)) .* kron ([1, 1, 1], hsv_map(:,3));
+
+ ## add s*v* hue-function to rgb map
+ rgb_map = rgb_map + f .* (6 * (hue < 1/6) .* hue
+ + (hue >= 1/6 & hue < 1/2)
+ + (hue >= 1/2 & hue < 2/3) .* (4 - 6 * hue));
+
+ ## If input was an image, convert it back into one.
+ if (is_image)
+ rgb_map = reshape (rgb_map, Sz);
+ endif
+
+endfunction