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Really interesting idea! I was thinking this might be a neat color name-to-rgb tool, but the resulting color deviates substantially from expected colors (which,

• dahart 6y ago
  What kind of result would you expect with the query "coral", which doesn't have a dominant color, or a correct answer?
  • shagie 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_(color) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_(color) I would contend that if the suggest color is more than X away from the traditionally named color (as defined in rgb.txt), then it needs to be reconsidered to see if its "right" or not.
    • dahart 6y ago
      In this case, it could be reasonably argued that the CSS/X11 definition of “coral” is just as wrong, and a quick image search provides all the proof we need. ;) This site is an image search query tool, not a CSS color reference. We knew that before querying. It would be reasonable, and a great idea even, to return multiple results, and include the CSS color if the query matches that name. But maybe I really do want to query for pictures of coral and not the CSS color names. The CSS “coral” was someone’s arbitrary choice, and not the only right answer. Don’t make the mistake of assuming that CSS color names should be considered the authority on color names- to the exclusion of any other use of the word - outside of HTML or X11 contexts, or even within those contexts.
      • shagie 6y ago
        https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corail_algérien.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corail_algérien.jpg https://www.futurity.org/coral-hiv-aids-1307772-2/ https://www.futurity.org/coral-hiv-aids-1307772-2/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2019/11/27/corals-endangered-metal-pollution-disease-heat/?sh=77073eaf6c3b https://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2019/11/27/corals-en... Part of the challenge is that saying "coral" is like saying "rainbow" in that app... which also gives you a brown color. There are coral colored corals, there are green, blue... but its more in the pinks and reds than other colors. https://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=7375 https://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=7375 The color https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=coral https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=coral is most likely the color of the environment that the coral is in rather than the color of the coral itself. Unless its based on https://www.pnas.org/content/117/5/2232 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/5/2232 and similar images... in which case, that's rather depressing.
• rtkwe 6y ago
  Blood is similarly weird. Very flesh tone tinged a little pink. https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=blood https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=blood
  • girvo 6y ago
    Makes sense: blood images are often blood from a wound in someone’s skin/flesh!
    • rtkwe 6y ago
      I thought so too but the first page of google image results mostly doesn't feature skin in the images.
• Naac 6y ago
  >> more often wrong than not By the website's definition, which is right on the main page, it is not wrong. The website uses the "average color across the approximately 25 image results". And for that purpose this site works fantastically, and I would say it's a pretty hilarious idea. For example searching for Dolphin doesn't return grey but instead a shade of blue, because most dolphin pictures are dolphins in water. I think the website takes our expectations and instead shows us the reality. And I think it does a fantastic job. What I would like to see is an option to maybe increase the number of images to average from, maybe to 50, 100, etc. I would also love to see the source released so I can this instance locally.
  • healsdata 6y ago
    I agree. The problem has to do with not recognizing the background of the image. That'd explain why ketchup and solo cup are pink -- the first 25 pictures all have white backgrounds. https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=ketchup https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=ketchup https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=solo+cup https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=solo+cu... The results would definitely be closer to human expectations if run through something like https://www.remove.bg/ https://www.remove.bg/ first.
    • derefr 6y ago
      I feel like it would only be right for this kind of project to not "stoop" to background-removal, but instead do something more ridiclous by throwing even more ML at the problem: 1. classify the image 2. use word-net to figure out what "container" word is most closely associated with the image's classification 3. search the container word, and pull out its dominant colors 4. return the colors that are in the image but not in its classificatory container. Unless that set is empty (e.g. a polar bear in snow), in which case return the colors you'd have given without all these extra steps ;)
      • abiogenesis 6y ago
        I agree. Otherwise it would try to strip the background from an ocean or sky image.
• amelius 6y ago
  https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=light https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=light
  • bombcar 6y ago
    Hey it’s lighter than https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=dark https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=dark
    • ksaj 6y ago
      In that context, this sure was unexpected: https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=medium https://alexbeals.com/projects/colorize/search.php?q=medium