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art101988Color Feature:Histogram-based search method can be applied in two different color spaces.
Histogram search characterizes an image by its color distribution, or histogram. Many histogram distances can be used to define the similarity of two color histogram representations. Euclidean distance and its variations can be used.
7.1.1. Color Space:A color space is defined as a model for representing color in terms of intensity values. Typically, a color space defines a one- to four-dimensional space. The following two models are commonly used in color image retrieval system.
7.1.1.a. RGB Color Model:The RGB color model is composed of the primary colors Red, Green, and Blue. They are considered the "additive primaries" since the colors are added together to produce the desired color. The RGB model uses the Cartesian coordinate system as shown in Figure 1. (a). Notice the diagonal from (0,0,0) black to (1,1,1) white which represents the grey-scale. Figure 1. (b) is a view of the RGB color model looking down from "White" to origin.
Figure 1. (a) RGB coordinates system
(b) RGB color model
7.1.1.b. HSV Color Model:The HSV stands for the Hue, Saturation, and Value based on the artists (Tint, Shade, and Tone). The coordinate system in a hexacone in Figure 2.(a). And Figure 2.(b) a view of the HSV color model. The Value represents intensity of a color. The hue and saturation components are intimately related to the way human eye perceives color resulting in image processing algorithms with physiological basis. As hue varies from 0 to 1.0, the corresponding colors vary from red, through yellow, green, cyan, blue, and magenta, back to red, so that there are actually red values both at 0 and 1.0. As saturation varies from 0 to 1.0, the corresponding colors (hues) vary from unsaturated (shades of gray) to fully saturated (no white component). As value, or brightness, varies from 0 to 1.0, the corresponding