1. A system comprising: a memory to store instructions and initial color representations and a the processor to execute the instructions in the memory to: reference a database having a set of lexical color classifiers; transform each of at least a pair of initial color representations to color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers; and generate a color similarity measure related to the at least a pair of initial color representations based on the color values associated with the set of lexical color classifiers.