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Conflicts of interest The authors have nothing to disclose.
Data availability statement
The data from the survey, as well as the intermediate metrics calculation results are available at https:// github. com / robmermillod / IQM-Data /.
Author contribution statement
Conceptualization, Alain Tremeau and Nathalie Destouches; Methodology, Alain Tremeau, Aldi Wista Fadhilah, and Nathalie Destouches; Software, Robin Mermillod-Blondin and Aldi Wista Fadhilah; Formal Analysis, Robin Mermillod-Blondin, Nicolas Dalloz, Rémi Emonet, and Nathalie Destouches; Validation, Alain Tremeau; Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Robin Mermillod- Blondin and Nicolas Dalloz; Review & Editing, Alain Tremeau, Nicolas Dalloz, Rémi Emonet and Nathalie Destouches; Supervision, Nathalie Destouches.
Supplementary material
Figure S1: First set of color images considered. Figure S2: Distribution of preference rankings for each image( a) –( h) from Figure S1 based on the overall image quality. The x-axis represents the assigned rank, and the y-axis indicates the number of participants who assigned each rank. Figure S3: Distribution of ranks for each image( a) –( h) from Figure 7, based on colorfulness. Figure S4: Distribution of contrast rankings for each image( a) –( h) from Figure 8 based on contrast. Figure S5: Prediction vs Preference for FR results. Figure S6: Prediction vs Preference for Transmission mode results. Table S1: Hasler colorfulness values of images shown in Figure S1. The supplementary material of this article is available at https:// jeos. edpsciences. org / 10.1051 / jeos / 2025025 / olm.
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