The purpose of this study was to verify the interconnection between the perception of face shape and skin color. The hypothesis of this study was that, if there is a relationship between face shape and skin-color perception, a change would be expected in skin-color perception based on the degree of similarity to a face. We conducted three experiments, designed to determine the ability to retrieve from memory the color of human-like faces with several degrees of morphing. The experiments were (i) test of memory for colors of scrambled faces, (ii) test of morphing limits, and (iii) test of further degrees of morphing and more chromatic variations, based on the information gathered from the first two experiments. The first experiment indicated that a lower degree of morphing would impact the final result. The second experiment was important to determine the appropriate degree of morphing, whereas the third experiment widened the range of chromatic staring points, thereby broadening the limits of the experiment. The color-matching results differed according to the completeness of the facial shape. We found that the presence of eyes on morphed images of faces induces the perception of faces. Moreover, it appeared that the starting chromatic point, if too distant from the original stimulus, increased the difficulty of the memory task. This study has shown the possibility of a relationship between skin color and face perception.

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变形脸部图像的肤色感知。

这项研究的目的是验证面部形状和肤色之间的相互关系。该研究的假设是，如果脸部形状和肤色感知之间存在关联，则基于与脸部相似程度的肤色感知将有望发生变化。我们进行了三个实验，旨在确定从记忆中检索具有多个变形程度的类人脸颜色的能力。这些实验是（i）根据前两个实验收集的信息，进行（i）乱序面部颜色的记忆测试，（ii）变形极限测试，以及（iii）进一步的变形程度和更多色差测试。第一个实验表明较低的变形度会影响最终结果。第二个实验对于确定适当的变形程度很重要，而第三个实验则拓宽了彩色凝视点的范围，从而扩大了实验的范围。色彩匹配结果根据面部形状的完整性而有所不同。我们发现眼睛在人脸变形图像上的存在会诱发人脸感知。此外，似乎起始色点如果离原始刺激太远，则会增加记忆任务的难度。这项研究表明皮肤颜色和面部感知之间可能存在关系。色彩匹配结果根据面部形状的完整性而有所不同。我们发现眼睛在人脸变形图像上的存在会诱发人脸感知。而且，似乎起始色点如果离原始刺激太远，则会增加记忆任务的难度。这项研究表明皮肤颜色和面部感知之间可能存在关系。色彩匹配结果根据面部形状的完整性而有所不同。我们发现眼睛在人脸变形图像上的存在会诱发人脸感知。此外，似乎起始色点如果离原始刺激太远，则会增加记忆任务的难度。这项研究表明皮肤颜色和面部感知之间可能存在关系。