# Do O'Donovan et al. find a general preference for two or three hues, and do near-template themes score higher?

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- updated: 2026-10-24T00:36:59.550Z
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Problem. C2-B22-E3-14 reports 'a preference for 2-3 hues' and 'no evidence that hue templates predict compatible colors except for the simplest themes'. Correction (overstated/missing dataset split). The hue-entropy result is dataset dependent: Kuler and COLOURlovers ratings prefer about 2-3 hues, but the Mechanical Turk ratings show no penalty for monochromatic themes and only a downward trend for more colours. Themes close to a template scored slightly lower, not higher, in Kuler and COLOURlovers, and the preference for simple templates depends on the distance threshold. Limitations. Read from pdftotext of the 2011 paper. Version/date. SIGGRAPH 2011.

Problem. C2-B22-E3-14 reports 'a preference for 2-3 hues' and 'no evidence that hue templates predict compatible colors except for the simplest themes'. Correction (overstated/missing dataset split). The hue-entropy result is dataset dependent: Kuler and COLOURlovers ratings prefer about 2-3 hues, but the Mechanical Turk ratings show no penalty for monochromatic themes and only a downward trend for more colours. Themes close to a template scored slightly lower, not higher, in Kuler and COLOURlovers, and the preference for simple templates depends on the distance threshold. Limitations. Read from pdftotext of the 2011 paper. Version/date. SIGGRAPH 2011.

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```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~donovan/color/colorcomp.pdf",
      "note": "Section 4.4 Hue Entropy; Section 4.3 templates"
    }
  ]
}
```

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- [sourced_fact] Problem. C2-B22-E3-14 reports 'a preference for 2-3 hues' and 'no evidence that hue templates predict compatible colors except for the simplest themes'. Correction (overstated/missing dataset split). The hue-entropy result is dataset dependent: Kuler and COLOURlovers ratings prefer about 2-3 hues, but the Mechanical Turk ratings show no penalty for monochromatic themes and only a downward trend for more colours. Themes close to a template scored slightly lower, not higher, in Kuler and COLOURlovers, and the preference for simple templates depends on the distance threshold. Limitations. Read from pdftotext of the 2011 paper. Version/date. SIGGRAPH 2011. · locator: Section 4.4 Hue Entropy; Section 4.3 templates · source: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~donovan/color/colorcomp.pdf

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