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> I'd love to code up a machine learning project that showed the user many color combinations. I teach painting in an art school. The huge problem with almost
by Daub 3y ago
> I'd love to code up a machine learning project that showed the user many color combinations.
I teach painting in an art school. The huge problem with almost all pallet choosing apps (e.g. Adobe's https://color.adobe.com/ https://color.adobe.com/) is that they produce swatches: a small collection of discreet color values (e.g. red, green and yellow). These would present as peaks in a hue histogram. These swatches would be great for choosing a color scheme for your kitchen, but are not suitable for a painter.
I have looked at more painting hue histograms than any man alive, and I can tell you that almost all painters employ ranges of colors. The hue histograms present as 'pie slices' on the histogram, not peaks. Hence: a wide pie slice of greens (plural) and s narrow pie slice of reds. Show me a color picker like that and I would likely share it with my students. As it stands, I warn against them.
- orbital-decay 3y agoMost modern dedicated painting apps (Krita as an example) support continuous gamut masking. There are also several third-party pickers for non-dedicated apps (ex. Photoshop) that support it.