Re: Proposal: VisualArtwork

Thanigai,

Can you describe your ColorSwatch type in a paragraph for us ?

Thanks,


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Paul Watson <
lazarus@lazaruscorporation.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Rather than being specific to VisualArtwork I'd suggest you amend your
> proposal so that ColorPalette be a property of Thing to give the
> opportunity for people to describe the colours of things beyond visual
> artwork.
>
> I can't see the ColorPalette property being used by museums, galleries, or
> artists, because the colours in any painting or piece of artwork vary
> depending on how light is falling on a picture/object, and the colour
> temperature of the ambient light - they're not inherent values of a piece
> of artwork (apart from in digital artwork). That said, I can see that there
> could be a use for this outside the realms of fine art.
>
> Paul
>
> On 10/06/13 22:40, Thanigai Vellore wrote:
>
>  Hello,****
>
> ** **
>
> When it comes to Visual Artwork, one of the main visual attributes for any
> artwork is its color composition. Even though the current schema for
> "Thing" has a color attribute, it is just a "text" type which cannot
> capture the rich color metadata about the artwork. So, I would like to
> propose a new property (say "ColorPalette") which captures all the dominant
> colors in the visual artwork in a palette form. The ColorPalette object
> could contain a list of colorSwatches. Each ColorSwatch can contain the
> following properties: ****
>
> a. hex (Hex value) - Text****
>
> b. name (Name of the color) - Text****
>
> c. percentage (percent of the color in the image) - Text****
>
> ** **
>
> The color palette information would be very useful to classify, categorize
> and index artwork by colors. I have provided an example of how this
> structure could look:****
>
> ** **
>
> <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorPalette"<http://schema.org/ColorPalette>
> >****
>
>                 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorSwatch"<http://schema.org/ColorSwatch>
> >****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="hex">#3366FF</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="name">Sky Blue</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="percentage">30%</span>****
>
>                 </div>****
>
>                 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorSwatch"<http://schema.org/ColorSwatch>
> >****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="hex">#F5B800</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="name">Gold</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="percentage">25%</span>****
>
>                 </div>****
>
>                 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorSwatch"<http://schema.org/ColorSwatch>
> >****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="hex">#F5003D</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="name">Crimson Red</span>**
> **
>
>                                 <span itemprop="percentage">20%</span>****
>
>                 </div>****
>
>                 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorSwatch"<http://schema.org/ColorSwatch>
> >****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="hex">#B8F500</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="name">Lime</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="percentage">15%</span>****
>
>                 </div>****
>
>                 <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ColorSwatch"<http://schema.org/ColorSwatch>
> >****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="hex">#F500B8</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="name">Fuschia</span>****
>
>                                 <span itemprop="percentage">10%</span>****
>
>                 </div>****
>
> </span>****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> I would appreciate if you can provide your feedback****
>
> ** **
>
> *Thanigai Vellore *****
>
> Sr. Software Architect****
>
> Art.com****
>
> Phone: (510) 879-4791****
>
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