Colour naming

An experimental study exploring colour ranges corresponding to different colour names has been conducted. Available colour terms in Turkish language have been identified and the most frequently known or used colour terms have been attained. Using the Munsell Color System, colour ranges reflecting the colour naming and colour perception of Turkish people, have been constructed for each colour term. The discussion of the findings and observations during the research are also included. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Effects of hue, saturation, and brightness on preference

A study was done to investigate preference responses for foreground-background color relationships. To do this, 123 university undergraduates in Ankara, Turkey, were asked to view eight background colors selected from HSB color space on which color squares of differing hues, saturations, and brightnesses were presented. Subjects were asked to show the color square they preferred on the presented background color. Findings showed that colors having maximum saturation and brightness were most preferred. Blue was the most preferred hue regardless of background. The findings for preferences for foreground-background color relationships are also included in this article. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals. Inc. Col. Res. Appl

Effects of different lighting types on visual performance

This study investigates whether different lighting types have an effect on the visual performance of office workers. Wall washing, cove lighting and uplighting were tested as they are the most widely used lighting types in offices, after general lighting. The lighting level chosen was 275 lx. The experiments were conducted in a controlled environment with different lighting types. Ninety participants took part in three groups of thirty. The performance measurements for each group were done in different lighting sequences. The data collected were statistically analysed. The effects of age, gender and eye deficiency of the participants on performance were also investigated

Effects of Hue, Saturation, and Brightness: Part 2 - Attention

This is the second part of an experiment by Camgöz, Yener and Güvenç, which investigates attention responses for foreground-background colour relationships. One hundred and twenty three university undergraduates in Ankara, Turkey, viewed eight background colours selected from HSB colour space, on which colour squares of differing hues, saturations, and brightness's were presented. Participants were asked to show the colour square attracting the most attention on the presented background colour. Findings showed that on any background colour, colours of maximum saturation and brightness attract the most attention (67%). The yellow-green, green, and cyan range attracts the most attention (45%), followed by the red and magenta range (30%). Foreground-background colour relationships in terms of attention are also included in the findings of the study. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

SLRTP 2020: The Sign Language Recognition, Translation & Production Workshop

The objective of the “Sign Language Recognition, Translation & Production” (SLRTP 2020) Workshop was to bring together researchers who focus on the various aspects of sign language understanding using tools from computer vision and linguistics. The workshop sought to promote a greater linguistic and historical understanding of sign languages within the computer vision community, to foster new collaborations and to identify the most pressing challenges for the field going forwards. The workshop was held in conjunction with the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2020

Aesthetic response to color combinations: preference, harmony, and similarity

Previous studies of preference for and harmony of color combinations have produced confusing results. For example, some claim that harmony increases with hue similarity, whereas others claim that it decreases. We argue that such confusions are resolved by distinguishing among three types of judgments about color pairs: (1) preference for the pair as a whole, (2) harmony of the pair as a whole, and (3) preference for its figural color when viewed against its colored background. Empirical support for this distinction shows that pair preference and harmony both increase as hue similarity increases, but preference relies more strongly on component color preference and lightness contrast. Although pairs with highly contrastive hues are generally judged to be neither preferable nor harmonious, figural color preference ratings increase as hue contrast with the background increases. The present results thus refine and clarify some of the best-known and most contentious claims of color theorists

A Monte Carlo evaluation for effects of probable dimensional uncertainties of low dose rate brachytherapy seeds on dose

The aim of this study is to determine effects of size deviations of brachytherapy seeds on two dimensional dose distributions around the seed. Although many uncertainties are well known, the uncertainties which stem from geometric features of radiation sources are weakly considered and predicted. Neither TG-43 report which is not completely in common consensus, nor individual scientific MC and experimental studies include sufficient data for geometric uncertainties. Sizes of seed and its components can vary in a manufacturing deviation. This causes geometrical uncertainties, too. In this study, three seeds which have different geometrical properties were modeled using EGSnrc-Code Packages. Seeds were designed with all their details using the geometry package. 5% deviations of seed sizes were assumed. Modified seeds were derived from original seed by changing sizes by 5%. Normalizations of doses which were calculated from three kinds of brachytherapy seed and their derivations were found to be about 3%–20%. It was shown that manufacturing differences of brachytherapy seed cause considerable changes in dose distribution