# Color Naming Models for Color Selection, Image Editing and Palette Design

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/color-naming-models
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/color-naming-models
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

A model of the names people give colors, used to test whether a palette’s swatches are nameably distinct.

- Resource: [Color Naming Models for Color Selection, Image Editing and Palette Design](http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/color-naming-models)
- By: Jeffrey Heer & Maureen Stone
- Published: 2012
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: perception, palettes, data-viz, cielab, designer, scientist, research

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