Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clear scientifically the relationship between complexion impression and facial color range on a color space, and to make use of the results on color design of makeup cosmetics and on development of makeup techniques.
A facial picture of a Japanese woman taken with a videocamera was processed by computer graphic technies and 92 pictures with different complexion were obtained. 87 Japanese women's (20-50 years old) impressions (beautiful or not) for 92 pictures were evaluated. Suitable impression words for each picture were selected from several impression words, such as “natural”, “feminine”, “healthy”, etc.
It is found that the facial color range which gives a “beautiful” impression to Japanese women is lighgter, redder and a little vivider than the average facial color of them. Older women prefer lighter color.
The relative position of each word on the Munsell color space was determined.
