Computer-Aided Color Aesthetic Evaluation Method Based on the Combination of Form and Color

Quan Zhang,Wenke Kang,Shengfeng Qin

doi:10.1155/2015/153103

Abstract

This paper presents a new method of color aesthetic evaluation based on the combination of form and color. According to the human visual physiological and psychological characteristics, this paper first proposes a new form-color field theory for the coupled form-color aesthetic evaluation based on the psychophysical field theory and the Moon and Spencer model. Second, it builds a coupled form-color topological graph for describing their interaction and develops a strength calculation algorithm for color harmony based on the new form-color field theory. Finally, it develops an aesthetic measure evaluation model for coupled form-color fields to evaluate the new theory. The experiment results show that the new coupled form-color aesthetic evaluation method is useful and can be integrated into an intelligent evaluation process for color design scheme.

Highlights

Nowadays, the functional aspects of many consumer products used in daily life are fully matured
The Moon and Spencer (MS) aesthetic measure model is based on the theory of two-dimensional harmonics [7] and it is not clear how to apply it to the harmony evaluation problem with more than three colors, such as (a), (b), and (c) shown in Figure 2; according to the theory of MS, there is no difference in the aesthetics of those color graphics, but there are large differences in human’s visual feeling because of the different form and relative positions of those color graphics
We introduce the concept of color block and form-color field based on the theory of psychophysical field

Summary

Introduction

The functional aspects of many consumer products used in daily life are fully matured. The MS aesthetic measure model is based on the theory of two-dimensional harmonics [7] and it is not clear how to apply it to the harmony evaluation problem with more than three colors, such as (a), (b), and (c) shown in Figure 2; according to the theory of MS, there is no difference in the aesthetics of those color graphics, but there are large differences in human’s visual feeling because of the different form and relative positions of those color graphics. Vp}, ξij express the strength of a connection relationship between the color blocks Vi and Vj, so, a related strength matrix T(G) = (ξij)p×p can be established, shown as follows: V1 V2 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Vj ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Vn. The calculation of the harmonic intensities in T(G) is the key fundamental issue to establish the coupled formcolor topological graph and mathematical model [16]. The expert system to realize the automatic evaluation of the computer intelligent system to color harmony aesthetic

The Measure Method of a Form-Color Field

Algorithm for Computing Harmonic Intensity of Form-Color Field

Conclusion