[mind-bogglingly-OT] Color compatibility

[Neil Vice]

Gregor Richards wrote:
> I bought a tie on Sunday. I wanted to know if it went with my shirt. But 
> I don't have the ability to decide this myself.
> 
> So, being a computer scientist, I decided to use computers to solve this 
> problem for me. I created a web site ( http://home.codu.org/colormatch/ 
> ) where people could tell me if randomly-selected colors go together. I 
> then took the data and used it to evolve a neural network (because I 
> wurve genetic algorithms), and used the resulting neural network to 
> create this site: http://codu.org/colormatch/
> 
> I think it works pretty well at determining whether colors go together, 
> all things considered. I'll probably use it to help me make wardrobe 
> choices from now on.
> 
>  - Gregor Richards
> 
> PS: Please don't respond with examples of poorly-matched colors that it 
> says match. That is not helpful :P

I have learned something today. Red goes with everything except lime green.

An interesting experiment.