Comments on: Mechanical Turked color names

By: Registrado

Registrado — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

A variety of viewers with with differently-calibrated monitors under different lighting conditions sounds interesting from a human perception aspect. But for precise color, this problem has been solved with the Pantone Matching System. Clients/customers saying things like "I want lightish aquamarine" is of little use. However, after a quick spin together through a PMS guide, we're both talking about the same, actual color and not an approximation on a monitor. So, if your graphic designer mentions something about "PMS," it's a good thing.

By: Rick York

Rick York — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In some ways, this is “Rashomon” in color.

Rick York

By: Kieran O'Neill

Kieran O'Neill — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sugoi!

If I actually had some free time available right now, I would want to play with the data a bit. (It would be a fun way to learn a little R.)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Actually, Nathan Moroney at HP Labs has been collecting data like this for years. He has built some cool tools from it like: Color Thesaurus Color Zeitgeist Link to the research project Link to non-English color naming experiment