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APPENDIX
Table 3: Fuzzy Interface Rules.
If HUE is And SATURATION is And VALUE is Then OUT is
RED 1 GRAY WHITE WHITE
RED 1 GRAY BLACK BLACK
RED 1 COLOR WHITE RED
RED 1 COLOR BLACK RED
YELLOW GRAY WHITE WHITE
YELLOW GRAY BLACK BLACK
YELLOW COLOR WHITE YELLOW
YELLOW COLOR BLACK YELLOW
GREEN GRAY WHITE WHITE
GREEN GRAY BLACK BLACK
GREEN COLOR WHITE GREEN
GREEN COLOR BLACK GREEN
CYAN GRAY WHITE WHITE
CYAN GRAY BLACK BLACK
CYAN COLOR WHITE CYAN
CYAN COLOR BLACK CYAN
BLUE GRAY WHITE WHITE
BLUE GRAY BLACK BLACK
BLUE COLOR WHITE BLUE
BLUE COLOR BLACK BLUE
MAGENTA GRAY WHITE WHITE
MAGENTA GRAY BLACK BLACK
MAGENTA COLOR WHITE MAGENTA
MAGENTA COLOR BLACK MAGENTA
RED 2 GRAY WHITE WHITE
RED 2 GRAY BLACK BLACK
RED 2 COLOR WHITE RED
RED 2 COLOR BLACK RED
Table 4: Fuzzy 8-bin Color System.
Membership Function Activation Value
0 1 1 0
HUE
RED 1 0 0 5 55
YELLOW 5 55 60 115
GREEN 60 115 120 175
CYAN 120 175 180 235
BLUE 180 235 240 295
MAGENTA 240 295 300 355
RED 2 300 355 360 360
SATURATION
GRAY 0 0 25 55
COLOR 25 55 255 255
VALUE
WHITE 0 0 100 156
BLACK 100 156 255 255
SPCD - SPATIAL COLOR DISTRIBUTION DESCRIPTOR - A Fuzzy Rule based Compact Composite Descriptor
Appropriate for Hand Drawn Color Sketches Retrieval
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