16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the applying of the characteristic information to the original image is based on the preference color selected by the user from a plurality of preference color expressed in the natural language, and wherein each of the plurality of preference color includes the plurality of characteristics expressed by the natural language.
1. An apparatus for reproducing an optimized preference color using candidate images and natural language, the apparatus comprising: a preference color-natural language information memory which stores characteristic information of a preference color mapped on a natural language; a candidate image provider module which provides a plurality of candidate images obtained by applying the characteristic information to an original image; and a candidate preference image input module which inputs one image, which satisfies a user's preference, among the plurality of candidate images, wherein the characteristic information includes the preference color, and a plurality of characteristics expressed by the natural language for the preference color.