Colour cluster analysis for pigment identification

Kirk Martinez; Simon Goodall

doi:10.1117/12.767210

29 February 2008 Colour cluster analysis for pigment identification

Kirk Martinez, Simon Goodall

Proceedings Volume 6810, Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art; 681008 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767210
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

This paper presents image processing algorithms designed to analyse the colour CIE Lab histogram of high resolution images of paintings. Three algorithms are illustrated which attempt to identify colour clusters, cluster shapes due to shading and finally to identify pigments. Using the image collection and pigment list of the National Gallery London large numbers of images within a restricted period have been classified with a variety of algorithms. The image descriptors produced were also used with suitable comparison metrics to obtain content-based retrieval of the images.

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Kirk Martinez and Simon Goodall "Colour cluster analysis for pigment identification", Proc. SPIE 6810, Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art, 681008 (29 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767210

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