Computerized Color Processing for Dichromats

Dichromacy is a serious color vision problem, where people can see and recognize only a limited number of colors. In this article we propose computerized methods and systems for processing of WWW images and pictures obtained using a camera phone. Image simulation, transformation and color vision difference visualization methods are presented as a part of two computerized systems. The paper presents also color recognition and labelling method. The results of experiments obtained by means of simulation and control group showed that both systems can be efficiently used to obtain a color name for indicated real world objects or for the image object contained on the Web.

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