> 2) There is no algorithm available to programmatically judge the > perceived differences between colors that suits our purposes. We do > well with CIE L*a*b*, but not better than the stepping algorithm I > proposed first, and in some places drastically worse. Unfortunately, > CIE L*a*b* is only good at measuring the perceived differences between > relatively similar colors, where the steps on our color cube are far > enough apart that the colors are often not "similar" enough.
Do you know about the Munsell color system ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsell_color_system )? It's a (the?) color system based on perceived colors, so perhaps is coul be used for your purpose. Nico --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
