Color Image Histogram

Display a histogram showing the color balance of an image.
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Updated 8 Nov 2010

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RGBHIST displays a histogram of the overall color balance of an image.

Use the 'RGB' mode to get a quick sense of which colors are present in particular highlight, shadow, and midtone regions. The 'LAB' mode is more useful for determining the actual color balance of an image, but it is slower.

This function supports UINT8, UINT16, INT8, INT16, and DOUBLE images without colormaps.

Cite As

Julianna Mather (2026). Color Image Histogram (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/4875-color-image-histogram), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R13
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1.1.0.0

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1.0.0.0