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Enhancing harmony of color theme by changing the order of colors

색의 순서 변경을 이용한 색의 조화 개선 방법

  • Received : 2012.11.12
  • Accepted : 2012.11.27
  • Published : 2012.12.01
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Abstract

Color harmony is affected by order of colors or orderly arrangement as well as harmonious colors themselves. In this paper, we show people perceive the degree of harmony differently according to the orderly arrangement of colors. Especially, we use the order of colors in color themes, or color schemes which have been largely used for color selection. We first present the method for harmony calculation of Ou's researches[1][2] and then suggest a method considering minimum color distance of component colors. For a design consisting of multiple colors, we show overall harmony of colors is more important than each harmony of adjacent component colors. By user study, we conclude that the suggested method can enhance the harmony of color theme.

색의 조화로움(harmony)은 조화로운 색들의 선택 뿐 아니라 각 색들의 배치에 따라서도 영향을 받는다. 본 논문에서는 색상의 배치 순서에 따라서 사람이 느끼는 조화로움에 차이가 있다는 사실을 보인다. 특히 색의 배색 및 선택에서 자주 사용되는 색 테마(Color Theme)의 구성 색들에 대한 예제를 보인다. 이를 위해서, 먼저 Ou [1][2]가 제안한 방법을 이용한 색상 배치 방법을 소개하고, 색 간의 차이를 최소로 하는 방법에 대해서도 제안을 한다. 이를 통하여 다수의 색이 구성되어 있을 때는, 각 색들 간의 조화로움을 계산하여 순서를 정하는 것도 중요하지만, 그 보다는 전체 색들 간의 차이가 적을 때 더욱 조화롭게 느껴진다는 것을 보인다. 사용자 평가를 통하여 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법이 색 테마의 전체적인 조화로움을 더욱 증가시킴을 알 수 있었다.

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Supported by : 한국연구재단

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