Color constancy in Japanese animation

Yasuyo G. Ichihara

doi:10.1117/12.639253

16 January 2006 Color constancy in Japanese animation

Yasuyo G. Ichihara

Proceedings Volume 6058, Color Imaging XI: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications; 60580C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.639253
Event: Electronic Imaging 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this study, we measure the colors used in a Japanese Animations. The result can be seen on CIE-xy color spaces. It clearly shows that the color system is not a natural appearance system but an imagined and artistic appearance system. Color constancy of human vision can tell the difference in skin and hair colors between under moonlight and day light. Human brain generates a match to the memorized color of an object from daylight viewing conditions to the color of the object in different viewing conditions. For example, Japanese people always perceive the color of the Rising Sun in the Japanese flag as red even in a different viewing condition such as under moonlight. Color images captured by a camera cannot present those human perceptions. However, Japanese colorists in Animation succeeded in painting the effects of color constancy not only under moonlight but also added the memory matching colors. They aim to create a greater impact on viewer's perceptions by using the effect of the memory matching colors. In this paper, we propose the Imagined Japanese Animation Color System. This system in art is currently a subject of research in Japan. Its importance is that it could also provide an explanation on how human brain perceives the same color under different viewing conditions.

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Yasuyo G. Ichihara "Color constancy in Japanese animation", Proc. SPIE 6058, Color Imaging XI: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications, 60580C (16 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.639253

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