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Colour Recognition

Colour Recognition Algorithm

Colour Recognition

Red	Green	Blue



Hue	Saturation	Lightness

Algorithm

The HSL gamut was divided into a cube of 3600 equally displaced points. Each of these points was manually categorised using a set of colour, lightness and saturation descriptors on a colour calibrated monitor. The algorithm outputs the colour name for the nearest HSL point.

Samples

Name	R	G	B	H	S	L
Dark GREEN	28	74	13	105	70	17
Greyish GREEN	48	166	89	141	55	42
Dark BLUE	31	48	112	227	57	28
BLACK	2	0	5	261	89	1
GREY	199	199	199	268	0	78