Color is a pervasive feature of our psychological experience, having a role in many aspects
of human mind and behavior such as basic vision, scene perception, object recognition …

This tutorial offers an introduction to terrestrial and close-range hyperspectral imaging and
some of its uses in human color vision research. The main types of hyperspectral cameras …

What makes a colored image, eg an abstract painting or a landscape, look pleasing? We
hypothesized that a preference for complex color compositions, such as paintings and …

Art objects can evoke certain emotions. Color is a fundamental element of visual art and
plays a significant role in how art is perceived. This paper introduces a novel approach to …

Affective pictures are widely used in studies of human emotions. The objects or scenes
shown in affective pictures play a pivotal role in eliciting particular emotions. However …

This study investigates human expectations towards naturalistic colour changes under
varying illuminations. Understanding colour expectations is key to both scientific research on …

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful computational tool to create artworks. One
application is Neural Style Transfer, which allows to transfer the style of one image, such as …

Color composition in paintings is a critical factor affecting observers' aesthetic judgments.
We examined observers' preferences for the color composition of Japanese and Occidental …

Most people encounter art images as digital reproductions on a computer screen instead of
as originals in a museum or gallery. With the development of digital technologies, high …

Walking around an art museum we can see how colours influence our aesthetic
preferences: many great works of art would not be as impressive in grey scales. Is the …