用多源数据聚类法构建280个标准化颜色命名系统,解决命名混乱问题。
Toward a Universal Color Naming System: A Clustering-Based Approach using Multisource Data

- 融合20个来源的1.95万组色值与名称,基于感知均匀的CIELAB空间聚类
- 通过频次分析为280个聚类分配代表性名称,覆盖自然语言习惯
- 适用于服装图像自动标注与视觉搜索,支持生成式AI和设计系统
颜色命名在时尚、美妆、网页设计等领域至关重要,但缺乏统一标准导致名称混乱。本文收集了来自20个不同来源的超过19,555个RGB色值及其对应名称,经清洗与归一化后转换至感知均匀的CIELAB色彩空间,并采用基于CIEDE2000色差度量的K-means聚类方法,识别出280个最优聚类。对每个聚类中的名称进行频率分析,以确定代表性标签。该系统反映真实语言使用模式,在服装数据集上验证了其在自动标注和基于内容的图像检索中的有效性。该方法为生成式AI、视觉搜索及设计系统提供了可感知、标准化的颜色标注基础。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Is it coral, salmon, or peach? What seems like a simple color can have many names, and without a standard, these variations create confusion across design, technology, and communication. Color naming is a fundamental task across industries such as fashion, cosmetics, web design, and visualization tools. However, the lack of universally accepted color naming standards leads to inconsistent color standards across platforms, applications, and industries. Moreover, these systems include hundreds or thousands of overlapping, perceptually indistinct shades, despite the fact that humans typically distinguish only a limited number of unique color categories in practice. In this study, we propose a clustering-based multisource data framework to build a standardized color-naming system. We collected a dataset of over 19,555 RGB values paired with color names from 20 diverse sources. After data cleaning and normalization, we converted the colors to the perceptually uniform CIELAB color space and applied K-means clustering using the CIEDE2000 color difference metric, identifying 280 optimal clusters. For each cluster, we performed a frequency analysis of the associated names to assign representative labels. The resulting system reflects naturally occurring linguistic patterns. We demonstrate its effectiveness in automatic annotation and content-based image retrieval on a clothing dataset. This approach opens new opportunities for standardized, perceptually grounded color labeling in practical applications such as generative AI, visual search, and design systems.
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