An Online Colour Naming Model

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This research aims to develop an online colour naming model to facilitate colour communication within & between cultures.
Title: An Online Colour Naming Model
Researcher: Dimitris Mylonas
Current Host Academic Institution: Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroesthetics, University College London (UCL)
Host Academic Institution 2010-2011: School of Psychology, Laboratory of Visual Perseption, University of Liverpool
This project was initiated as part of: MSc Digital Colour Imaging
Supervisor: Professor Lindsay MacDonald
Course Director:Dr Phil Green
Academic Institution: London College of Communication, University of Arts
Munsell REnotation Data: Rochester Institute of Technology The Munsell Color Science Laboratory
CU Dynamic Colour Vision Test: Professor John Barbur at the City University with support from the UK Civil Aviation Authority
Web Technical Support: Harris Sidiropoulos
Interface Web Development: Jonny Stutters, Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology, UCL
Math Advisor: Dr Michael Studer
English Translation: Jonathan Dickens
Greek Translation: Lina Avramidou
Spanish Translation: Lena Cambero
Catalan Translation: Gemma Ponsa
German Translation: Heidi Pfund
Italian Translation: Paola Fumagalli & Chiara Panosetti
Simplified Chinese Translation: Ho Alan & Qingmei Huang
Traditional Chinese Translation: Ho Alan
French Translation: Alex Ajbdraw
Korean Translation: 김한나 - Hanna Kim
Illustration: Valero Doval
Fine art Printing: CCG, Thessaloniki, Greece
Farbtastic: jQuery color picker plug-in (orientation modified): Steven Wittens

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Purpose of the research:

  • To determine multicultural sets of basic colour terms, compounds, modifiers and secondary colour names which are in wide use.
  • To locate multicultural colour names in Munsell, sRGB, CIELAB and CIECAM02.
  • To investigate colour naming and colour categorization within different cultures.
  • To develop a colour-naming model.

What you will do in this experiment (approximate duration 10 min):

  • We will ask you to give us information on your display technology and viewing conditions.
  • We will test your colour vision with a 90 sec short video.
  • We will present to you a series of colour patches, one sample at a time, and ask you to name it by using natural language.
  • We will ask you to give us information on your cultural background.

Publications/Presentations/Workshops:

  1. Mylonas, D. (2009) A Colour Naming Investigation within Different Cultures, Oral Presentation, Digital Futures, Image Physics & Psychophysics, Institute of Physics, London, UK, November 2009
  2. Mylonas, D. (2009) An Online Colour Naming Model, Oral Presentation, Printing and Graphics Science Group Student Conference, Institute of Physics, London, UK, December 2009
  3. Mylonas, D. and MacDonald, L.W. (2010) Locating Colour Names under different viewing conditions on the Net, Conf. CREATE, Gjøvik, Norway, June 2010
  4. Mylonas, D. and MacDonald, L.W. (2010) Online Colour Naming Experiment Using Munsell Samples, Proc. CGIV 2010, Joensuu, Finland, June 2010
  5. MacDonald, L.W. and Mylonas, D. (2010) Edible Color Names, Proc. AIC 2010 Conf.on ‘Color and Food’, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October 2010
  6. Mylonas, D.,(2010) Colour Naming Workshop: Likely Colour Names Card Game, Create Workshops, Bristol, UK, October 2010
  7. Mylonas, D., MacDonald, L.W. and Wuerger S. (2010) Towards an Online Colour Naming Model, Proc. CIC 2010, San Antonio, US, November 2010
  8. Mylonas, D.(2010), Oral Presentation, WD Wright Award, Online Colour Naming Experiment Using Munsell Samples, Colour Group, London, UK, December 2010
  9. Mylonas, D. and MacDonald, L.W. (2011) Colour naming for colour communication. In Colour Design: Theory & Applications, ed Best, J., Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK (forthcoming)
  10. Mylonas, D. and MacDonald, L.W. (2011) An Online Colour naming Workshop. EVA London Conference, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, London, UK, June 2011
  11. Mylonas, D. (2011) Blue...and the subjective experience of colour (lecture-demo), Lost Property, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 2011