Quantitative evaluation of color harmony via linguistic-based image scale for interior design

  1. Yu-Chuan Shen1,2,
  2. Yung-Sheng Chen1,
  3. Wen-Hsing Hsu2,3,*

Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199610)21:5<353::AID-COL5>3.0.CO;2-X

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Color Research & Application

Color Research & Application

Volume 21, Issue 5, pages 353–374, October 1996

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Shen, Y.-C., Chen, Y.-S. and Hsu, W.-H. (1996), Quantitative evaluation of color harmony via linguistic-based image scale for interior design. Color Research & Application, 21: 353–374. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199610)21:5<353::AID-COL5>3.0.CO;2-X

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan 320, Republic of China

  2. 2

    Visual Perception Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China

  3. 3

    Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Republic of China

*Visual Perception Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 DEC 1998
  2. Article first published online: 6 DEC 1998
  3. Manuscript Revised: 3 FEB 1996
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 3 FEB 1996
  5. Manuscript Received: 4 DEC 1994

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  • National Science Council of Republic of China. Grant Numbers: NSC 83-0408-E-007-016, NSC 84-0408-E-007-004

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Keywords:

  • color harmony;
  • interior design;
  • linguistic-based image scale;
  • color linguistic distribution (CLD);
  • mind-identification

Abstract

In order to develop a computer-based color consultation system, a quantitative evaluation of color harmony for interior images is constructed by using a linguistic-based image scale. Conventionally, color harmony from any engineering perspective has received limited attention, because its successful evaluation requires the development of pleasure-related features. In this study, a new pleasure-related function of color linguistic distribution (CLD) is proposed to quantitatively represent the mental color impression of interior images upon a designed one-dimensional linguistic-based image scale of EXCITING-CALM. Supported by a database that includes fashion trends, the distribution state of CLD is capable of indicating the fashion trends in Taiwan. Also, on the image scale, the grade of color harmony can be measured by its CLD similarity to a reference harmony distribution (RHD). Evaluated results demonstrate that interior design is primarily dominated by (low) saturation and (high) brightness. Also, results based on CIE1976 L*a*b* and CIE1976 L*u*v* color spaces are observed to be better than those based on the hue-dominated method of Moon-Spencer theory in corresponding with human's linguistic similarity, questionnaire-based harmony evaluation, and social trends. Moreover, our solution percentage has been investigated as 72.3%, which is better than those of the Moon-Spencer theory and of the “Law of Inverse Ratios of Areas.” For application purposes, the proposed system is suitable to analyze the mental impression of products from the perspective of the customer. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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