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Color Constancy in Japanese Animation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530677
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Education on school subjects and activities
Research InstitutionHosen Gakuen College

Principal Investigator

ICHIHARA Yasuyo  Hosen Gakuen College, Associate Professor, 助教授 (10301813)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsColor Constancy / Color Appearance / Japanese Animation / Human Color Vision / Color Memory / Character Design / Hayao Miyazaki / Mamoru Hosoda / 色彩感覚 / 色指定 / 細田守 / 宮崎駿
Research Abstract

In this study, we measured the colors of three Japanese Animations. The result can be seen on CIE-xy color spaces. It clearly showed that the color system is not natural appearance system but a poetic and artistic appearance system. Color constancy of human vision can tell the difference in skin and hair colors between under moonlight and day light.
Human brain generates a match to the memorized color of an object from daylight viewing conditions to the color of the object in different viewing conditions
Japanese people always perceive the color of the Rising Sun in the Japanese flag as red even in different viewing conditions such as moonlight. Color images captured by a camera cannot present these human perceptions. However, Japanese colorists in Animation succeeded in painting effects of color constancy not only under moonlight but also added the memory matching colors.
They aim to create a greater impact on viewer's perceptions by using the effect of the memory matching colors. In this paper, we propose the imagined Japanese Animation color system.
This system in art is currently a subject of research in Japan. Its importance is that it could also provide an explanation on how human brain perceives the same color under different viewing condition

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Color constancy in Japanese Animation2006

    • Author(s)
      Ichihara, Y.G
    • Journal Title

      EI2006 Internet Imaging, Color Imaging XI : Processing, Hardcopy, and Application SPIE Vol.6058-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本のアニメーションと色彩(2) -色恒常は形の恒常性に優先する-2006

    • Author(s)
      市原恭代
    • Journal Title

      日本色彩学会大会 論文要旨集 Vol.30

      Pages: 134-135

    • NAID

      110007029207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 日本のアニメーションと色彩(3) -色によるidentification-2006

    • Author(s)
      市原恭代
    • Journal Title

      カラーフォーラムJAPAN2006論文集 2006

      Pages: 89-92

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 日本のアニメーションと色彩2005

    • Author(s)
      市原恭代
    • Journal Title

      カラーフォーラムJAPAN2005論文集 2005

      Pages: 105-108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Color constancy in Japanese Animation

    • Author(s)
      Ichihara, Y.G
    • Journal Title

      EI2006 Internet Imaging, Color Imaging XI : Processing, Hardcopy, and Application, SPIE Vol.6058-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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