[SDL] YUV ( What is this? )

[Miguel Pragier]

Tim Angus <tim <at> ngus.net> writes:

> 
> Miguel Pragier wrote:
> > Could anyone please explain me, in a few words, what is YUV?
> 
> YUV is a colour space format. A colour space has a number of planes that 
> define the colours. The most obvious colour space is RGB, whereby the 
> luminance (brightness) of the red, green and blue colour components are 
> stored separately in each plane.


Thank you.

And what's the main reason to choose YUV in place of RGB?
Is it common in game develloping?