1861 technically, but it might be factoring in painting too idk, but i know every movie i have seen in the last 10 years either looks washed out or has this piss yellow filter over it.
@Goalkeeper Earliest thread with that bottom graph I can find is this, which includes some other interesting graphs: https://x.com/culturaltutor/status/1551976051860963333
Still, most of this seems unsourced so 🤷♂️
@eriner @Goalkeeper my coworker gets to hear me sperg out about "Rodger the alien grey" cars almost daily. I don't know why but I want the people who buy this color car put in a camp. Especially the ones buying Porsche...
@sun @Goalkeeper sure, but is that what this is claiming to measure? Pictures of people? With what dataset? We have no idea because there is no accompanying description. #Science
@Goalkeeper nvm i'm just retarded and can't read, it is linked in that thread: https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk/colour-shape-using-computer-vision-to-explore-the-science-museum-c4b4f1cbd72c
> This article analyses a selection of the Science Museum Group Collection. We examined over 7,000 photographs of objects from 21 categories. The categories were selected on the basis that they contained large numbers of everyday or familiar objects. These categories range from photographic technology to time measurement, lighting to printing and writing, and domestic appliances to navigation
everyone comments on it and it's a cheap car too
Video here may make it more clear, but to me this seems to just be brass, leather, and wood -> metal transition for consumer goods.