This Wednesday (11) Google announced that it has added a new skin color palette to all of its products. Harvard professor and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk has developed a new 10-tone color scheme designed to be “more inclusive of the range of skin tones we see in our society.”
Doctor. For over 10 years, Monk has been researching how skin color and colorism affect people’s lives, emphasizing that the heterogeneity between ethnic and racial divides is why many people feel underrepresented.
According to Google, the Monk scale will help the tech industry better understand representation in images and allow it to build more inclusive datasets to train and evaluate AI models for fairness, resulting in features and products that work better for everyone.
Application in Google products
The palette will be used to improve representation in Google Search through a filter that will refine the results to the desired tone. However, it will be necessary to tag online content to improve the experience.
Therefore, in the coming months, Google will introduce a way for brands, creators, and publishers to “tag” their content, assigning details such as skin tone, hair color, and texture. This feature will make it easier for search engines and other platforms to find content.
The scale will also be used to enhance Google Photos’ True Tone, with a new set of filters rolling out to Android, iOS, and the web app in the coming weeks.
Source: Tec Mundo
