Image processing system, image processing device, image processing method, program, and information storage medium for providing an aid that makes it easy to grasp color of an image

1. An image processing system, comprising:

an exemplary combination data storage that stores exemplary combination data related to exemplary combinations of color information;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate to:

obtain color information of an attention point or an attention area within a target image, the attention point or the attention area being set based on a point or an area within the target image that is specified by a user;

obtain a photographed or drawn image of a subject whose color is the same as or similar to a color indicated by the color information of the attention point or the attention area, from among a plurality of images stored in an image storage;

cause an output unit to output the obtained image;

determine, based on the exemplary combination data, whether or not a combination of color information of an image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations; and

cause the output unit to output a notification if it is determined that the combination of the color information of the image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to cause the output unit to output similarity information related to a level of the similarity between color information of the obtained image and the color information of the attention point or the attention area.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to cause the output unit to output information related to the obtained image.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image storage stores images taken or selected by the user in the past,

wherein the image storage stores text information in association with each of the images taken or selected by the user in the past, and

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to cause the output unit to output the text information which is associated with the obtained image.

5. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the case where it is determined that the combination of the color information of the image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to cause the output unit to output at least one of the image or information related to the image.

6. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to set, as a base image, based on a user's selection operation, one of a plurality of images stored in the image storage,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to determine whether or not a combination of the color information of the base image and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations, and

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to cause the output unit to output the notification in a case where it is determined that the combination of the color information of the base image and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations.

7. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to set, as a base image, based on a user's selection operation, one of a plurality of images stored in the image storage,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to obtain the similarity information related to the level of similarity between the color information of the base image and the color information of the attention point or the attention area, and

the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to execute at least one of:

processing of causing the output unit to output the notification in a case where the similarity level is higher than a reference similarity level; or

processing of causing the output unit to output the similarity information.

8. The image processing system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to obtain, repeatedly as time elapses, a photographed image of a subject whose color changes with the elapse of time as the target image; and

wherein a point or an area that is within an area of the target image where the photographed subject is located and that is specified by the user is set as the attention point or the attention area.

9. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to present to the user an area within the target image that is a continuous area including the attention point or the attention area and that has color information that is the same as or similar to the color information of the attention point or the attention area.

10. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to determine to which of a plurality of pieces of color group information the color information of the attention point or the attention area belongs; and

a unit that presents wherein the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to operate to present to the user one of the plurality of pieces of color group information to which the color information of the attention point or the attention area belongs.

11. An image processing method, comprising:

obtaining color information of an attention point or an attention area within a target image, the attention point or the attention area being set based on a point or an area within the target image that is specified by a user;

obtaining a photographed or drawn image of a subject whose color is the same as or similar to a color indicated by the color information of the attention point or the attention area, from among a plurality of images stored in an image storage;

causing an output unit to output the obtained image;

determining, based on exemplary combination data that is data related to exemplary combinations of color information and that is stored in an exemplary combination data storage, whether or not a combination of color information of an image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations; and

causing the output unit to output a notification if it is determined that the combination of the color information of the image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable information recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to:

obtain color information of an attention point or an attention area within a target image, the attention point or the attention area being set based on a point or an area within the target image that is specified by a user;

obtain a photographed or drawn image of a subject whose color is the same as or similar to a color indicated by the color information of the attention point or the attention area, from among a plurality of images stored in an image storage;

cause an output unit to output the obtained image;

determine, based on exemplary combination data that is data related to exemplary combinations of color information and that is stored in an exemplary combination data storage, whether or not a combination of color information of an image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations; and

cause the output unit to output a notification if it is determined that the combination of the color information of the image stored in the image storage and the color information of the attention point or the attention area is one of the exemplary combinations.