diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 6fff241..687555a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -150,7 +150,3 @@
     * = initial release - moved code out of Chart module
     * \ created own distro
     * ~ small POD fixes
-
-
-    * * added color set method: bowl
-    * * added getter method: near_names
diff --git a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LAB.pm b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LAB.pm
index 8e3d0ca..486739d 100644
--- a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LAB.pm
+++ b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LAB.pm
@@ -14,41 +14,39 @@ my  $lab_def = Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space->new( prefix => 'CIE',
 
     $lab_def->add_converter('RGB', \&to_rgb, \&from_rgb );
 
-my @xyz_range = (0.95047, 1, 1.08883);
+my @D65 = (0.95047, 1, 1.08883); # illuminant
+my $eta = 0.008856 ;
+my $kappa = 903.3 / 100;
 
 sub from_rgb {
     my ($r, $g, $b) = @{$_[0]};
-    my ($x, $y, $z) = mult_matrix([[0.4124564, 0.2126729, 0.0193339],
-                                   [0.3575761, 0.7151522, 0.1191920],
-                                   [0.1804375, 0.0721750, 0.9503041]],
-                                   apply_d65( $r ), apply_d65( $g ), apply_d65( $b ));
-say "x y z $x, $y, $z";
-    $x /= 0.95047;
-    $z /= 0.108883;
-
-    $x = ($x > 0.008856) ? ($x ** (1/3)) : (7.7870689 * $x + 0.137931034);
-    $y = ($y > 0.008856) ? ($y ** (1/3)) : (7.7870689 * $y + 0.137931034);
-    $z = ($z > 0.008856) ? ($z ** (1/3)) : (7.7870689 * $z + 0.137931034);
-
-    return ((116 * $y) - 16, $a = 500 * ($x - $y), 200 * ($y - $z));
+    my (@xyz) = mult_matrix([[0.4124564, 0.2126729, 0.0193339],
+                             [0.3575761, 0.7151522, 0.1191920],
+                             [0.1804375, 0.0721750, 0.9503041]], apply_d65($r), apply_d65($g), apply_d65($b));
+    @xyz = map { $xyz[$_] / $D65[$_] } 0 .. 2;
+    @xyz = map { $_ > $eta ? ($_ ** (1/3)) : ((($kappa * $_) + .16) / 1.16) } @xyz;
+
+    return ((1.16 * $xyz[1]) - .16, ($xyz[0] - $xyz[1] + 1) / 2, (($xyz[1] - $xyz[2] + 1) / 2)); # l a b
 }
 
 
 sub to_rgb {
     my ($l, $a, $b) = @{$_[0]};
-    my $y = ($l + 16) / 116;
-    my $x = ($a / 500) + $y;
-    my $z = $y - ($b / 200);
-    $x = ($x**3 > 0.008856) ? ($x ** 3) : (($x - 0.137931034) / 7.7870689);
-    $y = ($y**3 > 0.008856) ? ($y ** 3) : (($y - 0.137931034) / 7.7870689);
-    $z = ($z**3 > 0.008856) ? ($z ** 3) : (($z - 0.137931034) / 7.7870689);
-    $x *= 0.95047;
-    $z *= 0.108883;
-    my ($r, $g, $bl) = mult_matrix([[ 3.2404542, -0.9692660,  0.0556434],
-                                    [-1.5371385,  1.8760108, -0.2040259],
-                                    [-0.4985314,  0.0415560,  1.0572252]], $x, $y, $z);
-
-    return ( remove_d65($r), remove_d65($g), remove_d65($bl));
+    my $y = ($l + .16) / 1.16;
+    my $x = $y + (($a * 2)-1);
+    my $z = $y - (($b * 2)-1);
+
+    $x = ($x**3 > $eta)            ? ($x ** 3) : ($kappa * (($x * 1.16) - .16));
+    $y = ($y**3 > ($eta * $kappa)) ? ($y ** 3) : ($kappa * $l);
+    $z = ($z**3 > $eta)            ? ($z ** 3) : ($kappa * (($z * 1.16) - .16));
+
+    $x *= $D65[0];
+    $z *= $D65[2];
+    my (@rgb) = mult_matrix([[ 3.2404542, -0.9692660,  0.0556434],
+                             [-1.5371385,  1.8760108, -0.2040259],
+                             [-0.4985314,  0.0415560,  1.0572252]], $x, $y, $z);
+
+    return ( map { remove_d65($_) } @rgb );
 }
 
 $lab_def;
diff --git a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LUV.pm b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LUV.pm
index a3ee277..35eec5c 100644
--- a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LUV.pm
+++ b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/LUV.pm
@@ -9,26 +9,47 @@ use Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Util qw/mult_matrix apply_d65 remove_d65/;
 
 
                                                                     # cyan-orange balance, magenta-green balance
-my  $luv_def = Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space->new( axis => [qw/L* u* v*/],
-                                                   prefix => 'CIE',
-                                                    range => [1, 1, 1] );
+my  $luv_def = Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space->new( prefix => 'CIE',
+                                                       axis => [qw/L* u* v*/],
+                                                      range => [100, 1, 1] );
 
     $luv_def->add_converter('RGB', \&to_rgb, \&from_rgb );
 
+my @D65 = (0.95047, 1, 1.08883); # illuminant
+my $eta = 0.008856 ;
+my $kappa = 903.3 / 100;
+
 sub from_rgb {
-    my ($r, $g, $b) = @_;
-    return mult_matrix([[0.4124564, 0.2126729, 0.0193339],
-                        [0.3575761, 0.7151522, 0.1191920],
-                        [0.1804375, 0.0721750, 0.9503041]], apply_d65( $r ), apply_d65( $g ), apply_d65( $b ));
+    my ($r, $g, $b) = @{$_[0]};
+    my (@xyz) = mult_matrix([[0.4124564, 0.2126729, 0.0193339],
+                             [0.3575761, 0.7151522, 0.1191920],
+                             [0.1804375, 0.0721750, 0.9503041]], apply_d65($r), apply_d65($g), apply_d65($b));
+    @xyz = map { $xyz[$_] / $D65[$_] } 0 .. 2;
+    @xyz = map { $_ > $eta ? ($_ ** (1/3)) : ((($kappa * $_) + .16) / 1.16) } @xyz;
+
+    return ((1.16 * $xyz[1]) - .16, ($xyz[0] - $xyz[1] + 1) / 2, (($xyz[1] - $xyz[2] + 1) / 2)); # l a b
 }
 
-sub to_rgb {
-    my ($x, $y, $z) = @_;
-    my ($r, $g, $b) = mult_matrix([[ 3.2404542, -0.9692660,  0.0556434],
-                                   [-1.5371385,  1.8760108, -0.2040259],
-                                   [-0.4985314,  0.0415560,  1.0572252]], $x, $y, $z);
 
-    return ( remove_d65($r), remove_d65($g), remove_d65($b));
+sub to_rgb {
+    my ($l, $a, $b) = @{$_[0]};
+    my $y = ($l + .16) / 1.16;
+    my $x = $y + (($a * 2)-1);
+    my $z = $y - (($b * 2)-1);
+
+    $x = ($x**3 > $eta)            ? ($x ** 3) : ($kappa * (($x * 1.16) - .16));
+    $y = ($y**3 > ($eta * $kappa)) ? ($y ** 3) : ($kappa * $l);
+    $z = ($z**3 > $eta)            ? ($z ** 3) : ($kappa * (($z * 1.16) - .16));
+
+    $x *= $D65[0];
+    $z *= $D65[2];
+    my (@rgb) = mult_matrix([[ 3.2404542, -0.9692660,  0.0556434],
+                             [-1.5371385,  1.8760108, -0.2040259],
+                             [-0.4985314,  0.0415560,  1.0572252]], $x, $y, $z);
+
+    return ( map { remove_d65($_) } @rgb );
 }
 
 $luv_def;
+
+#say "xyz r : @xyz";
diff --git a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/XYZ.pm b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/XYZ.pm
index eda0cbb..1e40721 100644
--- a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/XYZ.pm
+++ b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Instance/XYZ.pm
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ package Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Instance::XYZ;
 use Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space;
 use Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Util qw/mult_matrix apply_d65 remove_d65/;
 
-my @range = (0.95047, 1, 1.08883);
+my @D65 = (0.95047, 1, 1.08883);
 my  $xyz_def = Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space->new( prefix => 'CIE',
                                                        axis => [qw/X Y Z/],
-                                                      range => [map {$range[$_] * 100} 0 .. 2],
+                                                      range => [map {$D65[$_] * 100} 0 .. 2],
                                                   precision => 3, );
 
     $xyz_def->add_converter('RGB', \&to_rgb, \&from_rgb );
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ sub from_rgb {
     my (@xyz) =  mult_matrix([[0.4124564, 0.2126729, 0.0193339],
                               [0.3575761, 0.7151522, 0.1191920],
                               [0.1804375, 0.0721750, 0.9503041]], apply_d65( $r ), apply_d65( $g ), apply_d65( $b ));
-    map {$xyz[$_] / $range[$_]} 0 .. 2;
+    map {$xyz[$_] / $D65[$_]} 0 .. 2;
 }
 
 sub to_rgb {
     my (@xyz) = @{$_[0]};
-    @xyz = map { $xyz[$_] * $range[$_] } 0 .. 2;
+    @xyz = map { $xyz[$_] * $D65[$_] } 0 .. 2;
     my ($r, $g, $b) = mult_matrix([[ 3.2404542, -0.9692660,  0.0556434],
                                    [-1.5371385,  1.8760108, -0.2040259],
                                    [-0.4985314,  0.0415560,  1.0572252]], @xyz);
diff --git a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Util.pm b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Util.pm
index 193b121..596fc6d 100644
--- a/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Graphics/Toolkit/Color/Space/Util.pm
@@ -59,5 +59,3 @@ sub mult_matrix {
 
 
 1;
-
-# min(floor(val*256),255)
diff --git a/t/22_lab_space.t b/t/22_lab_space.t
index 3cd2f93..74d5297 100644
--- a/t/22_lab_space.t
+++ b/t/22_lab_space.t
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 use v5.12;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 57;
+use Test::More tests => 92;
 
-BEGIN { unshift @INC, 'lib', '../lib'}
+BEGIN { unshift @INC, 'lib', '../lib', 't/lib'}
 my $module = 'Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Instance::LAB';
 
 my $space = eval "require $module";
 use Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Util ':all';
+#use Test::Color ':all';
 
 is( not($@), 1, 'could load the module');
 is( ref $space, 'Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space', 'got tight return value by loading module');
@@ -44,69 +45,96 @@ is( $val->[2], -0.1,    'third value good');
 is( $space->format([0,1,0], 'css_string'), 'cielab(0, 1, 0)', 'can format css string');
 
 $val = $space->deconvert( [ 0, 0, 0], 'RGB');
-is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'deconverted tuple of zeros');
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'deconverted tuple of zeros (black)');
+is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 0),      1,  'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 0.5),    1,  'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 0.5),    1,  'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->denormalize( [0, .5, .5] );
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'denormalized deconverted tuple of zeros');
 is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
 is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 0),      1,  'first value good');
 is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 0),      1,  'second value good');
 is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 0),      1,  'third value good');
 
-$val = $space->convert( [ 0, 0, 0], 'RGB');
-is( ref $val,  'ARRAY',  'converted tuple of zeros');
-is( int @$val,       3,  'right amount of values');
+$val = $space->normalize( [0, 0, 0] );
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'normalized tuple of zeros');
+is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 0),      1,  'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 0.5),    1,  'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 0.5),    1,  'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->convert( [ 0, 0.5, 0.5], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'converted white to RGB');
+is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
 is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 0),      1,  'first value good');
 is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 0),      1,  'second value good');
 is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 0),      1,  'third value good');
 
 $val = $space->deconvert( [ 1, 1, 1,], 'RGB');
-is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'deconverted tuple of zeros');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY',  'deconverted tuple of ones (white)');
+is( int @$val,                          3,  'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough($val->[0],   1),       1,  'first value good');
+is( close_enough($val->[1],   0.5),     1,  'second value good');
+is( close_enough($val->[2],   0.5),     1,  'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->convert( [ 1, 0.5, 0.5], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'converted tuple of zeros');
 is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
 is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 1),      1,  'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 1),      1,  'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 1),      1,  'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->deconvert( [ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY',  'converted gray to RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3,  'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , .53389),  1,  'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , .5),      1,  'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .5),      1,  'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->denormalize( [0.53389, .5, .5] );
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY',  'denormalized deconverted gray');
+is( int @$val,                         3,  'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , 53.389), 1,  'first value good');
 is( close_enough( $val->[1] , 0),      1,  'second value good');
-is( $val->[2],      1,  'third value good');
-
-
-exit 0;
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , 0),      1,  'third value good');
 
-my @xyz = $space->deconvert( [ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5], 'RGB');
-is( int @xyz,                         3,  'converted color grey has three XYZ values');
-is( close_enough($xyz[0], 0.20344),   1,  'converted color grey has computed right X value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[1], 0.21404),   1,  'converted color grey has computed right Y value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[2], 0.23305),   1,  'converted color grey has computed right Z value');
-
-@xyz = $space->deconvert( [ 1, 1, 1], 'RGB');
-is( int @xyz,                         3,  'converted color white has three XYZ values');
-is( close_enough($xyz[0], 0.95047),   1,  'converted color white has computed right X value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[1],       1),   1,  'converted color white has computed right Y value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[2], 1.08883),   1,  'converted color white has computed right Z value');
-
-@xyz = $space->deconvert( [ 1, 0, 0.5], 'RGB');
-is( int @xyz,                         3,  'converted color pink has three XYZ values');
-is( close_enough($xyz[0], 0.45108),   1,  'converted color pink has computed right X value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[1], 0.22821),   1,  'converted color pink has computed right Y value');
-is( close_enough($xyz[2], 0.22274),   1,  'converted color pink has computed right Z value');
-
-my @rgb = $space->convert( [0, 0, 0], 'RGB');
-is( int @rgb,                  3,     'converted back black with 3 values');
-is( close_enough($rgb[0],  0), 1,   'right red value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[1],  0), 1,   'right green value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[2],  0), 1,   'right blue value');
-
-@rgb = $space->convert( [0.20344, 0.21404, 0.23305], 'RGB');
-is( int @rgb,                    3,     'converted back gray with 3 values');
-is( close_enough($rgb[0],  0.5), 1,   'right red value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[1],  0.5), 1,   'right green value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[2],  0.5), 1,   'right blue value');
-
-@rgb = $space->convert( [0.95047, 1, 1.08883], 'RGB');
-is( int @rgb,                    3,     'converted back gray with 3 values');
-is( close_enough($rgb[0],  1), 1,   'right red value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[1],  1), 1,   'right green value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[2],  1), 1,   'right blue value');
-
-@rgb = $space->convert( [0.45108, 0.22821, 0.22274], 'RGB');
-is( int @rgb,                    3,     'converted back gray with 3 values');
-is( close_enough($rgb[0],  1  ), 1,   'right red value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[1],  0  ), 1,   'right green value');
-is( close_enough($rgb[2],  0.5), 1,   'right blue value');
+$val = $space->convert( [ 0.53389, .5, .5], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY', 'converted back gray to RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3, 'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , .5),      1, 'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , .5),      1, 'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .5),      1, 'third value good');
+
+
+$val = $space->deconvert( [ 1, 0, 0.5], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY', 'converted purple from RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3, 'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , .54878),  1, 'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , .584499), 1, 'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .5109),   1, 'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->convert( [ 0.54878, .584499, .5109], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY', 'converted back gray to RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3, 'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] ,  1),      1, 'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] ,  0),      1, 'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .5),      1, 'third value good');
+
+
+$val = $space->deconvert( [ .1, 0.2, 0.9], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                    'ARRAY', 'converted BLUE from RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3, 'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , .34526),  1, 'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , .557165), 1, 'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .2757375),1, 'third value good');
+
+$val = $space->convert( [ 0.34526, .557165, .2757375], 'RGB');
+is( ref $val,                     'ARRAY', 'converted back BLUE to RGB');
+is( int @$val,                          3, 'right amount of values');
+is( close_enough( $val->[0] , .1),      1, 'first value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[1] , .2),      1, 'second value good');
+is( close_enough( $val->[2] , .9),      1, 'third value good');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/t/23_luv_space.t b/t/23_luv_space.t
index fbe53e4..8beb135 100644
--- a/t/23_luv_space.t
+++ b/t/23_luv_space.t
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ use warnings;
 use Test::More tests => 40;
 
 BEGIN { unshift @INC, 'lib', '../lib'}
-my $module = 'Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Instance::YIQ';
+my $module = 'Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Instance::LUV';
 
 my $def = eval "require $module";
 use Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space::Util ':all';
 
 is( not($@), 1, 'could load the module');
 is( ref $def, 'Graphics::Toolkit::Color::Space', 'got tight return value by loading module');
-is( $def->name,       'YIQ',                     'color space has right name');
-is( $def->dimensions,     3,                     'color space has 3 dimensions');
+is( $def->name,       'CIELUV',                  'color space has right name');
+is( $def->axis,              3,                  'color space has 3 dimensions');
 is( $def->is_array([0,0,0]), 1,                  'vector has 3 elements');
 is( $def->is_partial_hash({i => 1, quadrature => 0}), 1, 'found hash with some keys');
 is( $def->can_convert('rgb'), 1,                 'do only convert from and to rgb');
 is( $def->can_convert('yiq'), 0,                 'can not convert to itself');
 is( $def->format([0,0,0], 'css_string'), 'yiq(0,0,0)', 'can format css string');
-my @val = $def->deformat(['YIQ', 1, 0, -0.1]);
+my @val = $def->deformat(['LUV', 1, 0, -0.1]);
 is( int @val,  3,     'deformated value triplet (vector)');
 is( $val[0], 1,     'first value good');
 is( $val[1], 0,     'second value good');
diff --git a/t/lib/Test/Color.pm b/t/lib/Test/Color.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..262af0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/lib/Test/Color.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use v5.12;
+use warnings;
+
+# utilities for any sub module of the distribution
+
+package Test::Color;
+
+use Exporter 'import';
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw/close_enough/;
+our %EXPORT_TAGS = (all => [@EXPORT_OK]);
+
+my $half      = 0.50000000000008;
+my $tolerance = 0.00000000000008;
+
+
+sub close_enough { abs($_[0] - $_[1]) < 0.008 if defined $_[1]}
+
+
+1;