Color determination device, color determination system, color determination method, information recording medium, and program

A color determination system comprising:

• an image retrieval device that, on receiving an image retrieval request containing a query to specify a character string, retrieves for an image that conforms to the query, and transmits an image retrieval response that specifies a plurality of images obtained by the image retrieval;
• and a color determination device communicably connected to the image retrieval device, the color determination device comprising:
• a character string receiver that receives input of a character string;
• an image retriever that transmits an image retrieval request containing a query to specify the received character string to the image retrieval device, receives an image retrieval response in response to the image retrieval request from the image retrieval device, and obtains a plurality of images specified in the image retrieval response as the image retrieval;
• a degree acquirer that represents one or more colors, with a predetermined accuracy, that appear in each of the plurality of images obtained as a result of the image retrieval, and acquires a degree at which the one or more colors represented with the predetermined accuracy appear in each of the plurality of images;
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• a color determiner that determines a color indicated by the received character string on a basis of the acquired degree, from the one or more colors represented with the predetermined accuracy.

A color determination method comprising:

• a character string receiving step to receive input of a character string;
• a degree acquisition step to represent with a predetermined accuracy, one or more colors that appear in each of a plurality of images obtained as a result of retrieving for an image relating to the received character string, and to acquire a degree at which the one or more colors represented with the predetermined accuracy appear in each of the plurality of images;
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• a color determination step to determine a color indicated by the received character string on a basis of the acquired degree, from the one or more colors represented with the predetermined accuracy.