Evaluation of Image Color of Multicolored Patterns of Fabrics Using Image Analysis

Abstract

  When we observe a fabric dyed in multiple colors, we observe the impression of a holistic color because of the appearance of various multicolored combinations. The colored patterns of 20 types of fabrics with varying colors and patterns were characterized through color analysis using the CIELAB color space. Color measurements of these fabrics were conducted using a commercially available color scanner. The purpose of this study was to clarify how a typical color was perceived upon the observation of complicated color patterns. Therefore, two hypotheses were tested. The analysis of hypothesis 1 “The image color of the color pattern is based on the colorimetric average of the constituent colors” suggested that even a pattern with a non-uniform color distribution is holistically perceived as having one color, and not individual colors.　The evaluation of hypothesis 2 “The image color of the color pattern depends on the 11 category colors” indicated that the overall image color can be associated with the categorical color, even in cases of multicolored patterns.