A Helical Model for Color Harmony

A Helical Model for Color Harmony

color harmony; large datasets; Oklab; helical model; color combination

Among the many approaches to the study of color harmony tried so far, a relatively recent method is to leverage the large number of human-created and ranked color palettes, such as those hosted at colourlovers.com. Analysis of these large datasets could provide insights into the nature of color harmony. In this study, a large number of palettes with five colors were observed in 3D in different color spaces. It was found that a significant number of such palettes fit a single pitch of a helix aligned along the lightness axis, but not centered at the origin of the a-b plane in CIELAB and Oklab spaces. Considering the presence of an accent color, more than 50% of the highly ranked palettes studied fit the helical model. The helical model was then used to create new color combinations. In a survey, respondents were asked to like or dislike the patterns colored with these color combinations. It was found that the new color combinations thus formed were almost as harmonious and pleasing as the originals.

Shreeniwas Sharma, Jyoti Tandukar, Rabindra Bista

www.ijcit.com

March 2024

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