{"id":341452,"date":"2017-05-20T02:30:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1493485"},"modified":"2017-05-20T02:30:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:30:44","slug":"horble-gray-burf-pink-this-neural-networks-attempts-to-name-colors-are-inexplicably-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/horble-gray-burf-pink-this-neural-networks-attempts-to-name-colors-are-inexplicably-hilarious\/","title":{"rendered":"Horble gray, Burf pink: This neural network\u2019s attempts to name colors are inexplicably hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s hardly anything that we haven\u2019t tried putting machine learning to work at, and usually they take to it like a duck to water. That\u2019s not the case here, with a neural network attempting to learn how to give paint colors those fancy names like \u201cspring rain\u201d and \u201charbor mist.\u201d How would you like to paint your house in a nice \u201cdorkwood\u201d or \u201cstanky bean\u201d?<\/p>\n

This unsuccessful attempt to replace the creatives in the paint-naming space was carried out by Janelle Shane<\/a>, a researcher and flautist who occasionally \u201cplays with neural networks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network was given a list of 7,700 paint names and their corresponding RGB values, and set to work trying to suss out the hidden connections that govern these interesting yet occasionally obscure appellations.<\/p>\n

At first things were promising, and the system seemed to be putting together a rudimentary logic, although it wasn\u2019t using the \u201creal\u201d words for these colors.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Could the missing \u201ca\u201d in the third entry signify the purplish hue? Could \u201cCaae\u201d correspond to the overall mid-level brightness? It isn\u2019t intelligible to us, but perhaps this is the beginning of a robust internal artistic grammar?!<\/p>\n

A few more runs through the data and the network was ready and willing to produce highly creative and original names for colors, far more adventurous than your garden-variety \u201cgreige\u201d and \u201croyal purple.\u201d Let us survey the results.<\/p>\n

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😧<\/p>\n

Dondarf? Burble Simp? Bank butt? Catbabel?<\/p>\n

Bunflow? Rose Hork? Dope? \u2026Turdly?<\/p>\n

Though I do quite like Stargoon and Caring Tan and Snowbonk, perhaps this particular intelligence needs a little more gestation time. Until that happens, you might thank Shane for her valuable work by re-tumblring<\/a> and blowing up that all-important note count.<\/p>\n

Featured Image: Paper Boat Creative<\/a>\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" There’s hardly anything that we haven’t tried putting machine learning to work at, and usually they take to it like a duck to water. That’s not the case here, with a neural network attempting to learn how to give paint colors those fancy names like “spring rain” and “harbor mist.” How would you like to paint your house in a nice “dorkwood”… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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