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Learning to Color from Language

arXiv 1804.06026 ↗First posted 17 Apr 2018cs.CV cs.CLcited by 16

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Abstract (arXiv)

Automatic colorization is the process of adding color to greyscale images. We condition this process on language, allowing end users to manipulate a colorized image by feeding in different captions. We present two different architectures for language-conditioned colorization, both of which produce more accurate and plausible colorizations than a language-agnostic version. Through this language-based framework, we can dramatically alter colorizations by manipulating descriptive color words in captions.

Key facts. Cited by 16 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). First posted on arXiv 17 Apr 2018.

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  1. 2024Control Color: Multimodal Diffusion-based Interactive Image Colorizationcited by 33
  2. 2023Diffusing Colors: Image Colorization with Text Guided Diffusioncited by 25
  3. 2021Semantic-Sparse Colorization Network for Deep Exemplar-based Colorizationcited by 12
  4. 2022UniColor: A Unified Framework for Multi-Modal Colorization with Transformercited by 7
  5. 2024Automatic Controllable Colorization via Imaginationcited by 7
  6. 2021Focusing on Persons: Colorizing Old Images Learning from Modern Historical Moviescited by 6
  7. 2024ColorFlow: Retrieval-Augmented Image Sequence Colorizationcited by 6
  8. 2023L-CAD: Language-based Colorization with Any-level Descriptions using Diffusion Priorscited by 5
  9. 2021Generating Compositional Color Representations from Textcited by 3
  10. 2024L-C4: Language-Based Video Colorization for Creative and Consistent Colorcited by 1
  11. 2021ViT-Inception-GAN for Image Colourisingcited by 0
  12. 2023MMC: Multi-Modal Colorization of Images using Textual Descriptionscited by 0
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  1. 2024Audio-Infused Automatic Image Colorization by Exploiting Audio Scene Semanticscited by 0
  2. 2024Computer-aided Colorization State-of-the-science: A Surveycited by 0
  3. 2024Enabling Region-Specific Control via Lassos in Point-Based Colorizationcited by 0
  4. 2025Prompt-based Consistent Video Colorizationcited by 0