Skin color appearance in an important factor in various fields of illumination, cosmetic, television and printing. Studies have been reported on the appearance of skin color under many kinds of lamps. In many papers, the observers of the experiments evaluated their own faces in the mirror.In practice, however, we are seen by others in a variety of places. From the point of view of female skin types, there are natural skin and make-up skin, but the difference in appearance between the two types has not been sufficiently discussed.
We evaluated experimentally the difference in appearances between natural skin and make-up skin under six lamps. Evaluations were made by six female objects and by 17 other observers.
In this paper, we examine the following items,
(1) The observers' evaluation of natural and make-up skin.
(2) The difference in skin color appearance under six lamps.
(3) The difference in natural skin and make-up skin appearances.
(4) The difference between the observers' and the objects' evaluation.
