The Research

A mix of basic and applied research in several fields with input from industry experts

A basic plan for the Colour Harmoniser exists. Indeed, a sort of pre-prototype has already been produced, and it demonstrates the soundness of the approach. Long-term, the research has two components. The first component comprises the mathematically tractable process which was described on the solution page. In this, the colour schemes are represented by geometric shapes in a colour solid, and simple numerical analysis techniques. The second component involves incorporating less systematic notions of colour harmony into an intelligent help using KBS (Knowledge-Based System).
    Much of the mathematics of the first part of the project has already been worked through, at least in principle. However, there are still a number of basic HCI experiments to be performed to establish values for important parameters. The second part of the project will involve knowledge elicitation from industrial colour specialists (i) to determine whether the the mathematical framework can incorporate other rules-of-thumb than simple standard colour schemes, and (ii) to build a Knowledge-Based System for incorporating informal rules for colour manipulation into the system.