diff --git a/src/colormap/colors.py b/src/colormap/colors.py
index 6671d16..877a41e 100644
--- a/src/colormap/colors.py
+++ b/src/colormap/colors.py
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ def _set_blue(self, blue):
     blue = property(_get_blue, _set_blue, doc="getter/setter for the blue color in RGB triplet")
 
     def _get_value(self):
-        return self.hls[0]
+        return self.hsv[2]
 
     def _set_value(self, value):
         h, s, v = self.hsv
diff --git a/test/test_colors.py b/test/test_colors.py
index 3ae015f..21ebd64 100644
--- a/test/test_colors.py
+++ b/test/test_colors.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def testColors():
     assert c.rgb == (0, 0 ,1)
     assert c.hex == "#0000FF"
     assert_list_almost_equal( c.hsv, (0.66666666666666,1,1))
+    assert c.value == 1
     assert_list_almost_equal(c.hls, (0.666666666666666, .5,1))
     print(c)