2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising computing a simplified representation of the scene corresponding to a human observation of the scene.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising computing a simplified representation of the scene corresponding to a human observation of the scene. 16. The method of claim 2 , wherein the using the region color names to describe the color composition of the scene at different accuracy levels further comprises: providing a set of rules defining accuracy levels in color naming, selecting an accuracy level meeting an application desire, and computing a histogram of color names for the scene, for the selected accuracy level.