Multidimensional analysis of preferred color reproduction in portrait prints

Abstract

A subjective evaluation experiment was carried out in order to investigate the psychological evaluation structure of skin color reproduction in portrait with photo sticker machine. We used Scheffe's method of paired comparison, with 27 young female observers asked to evaluate 6 different skin color reproductions by using 22 descriptive terms. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis was applied to the results of 6 samples for 22descriptive terms. The psychological evaluation structure of skin color reproduction in portrait with photo sticker machine was almost represented by MDS configuration of paired comparison results.