Designing a Creative Assistant of a Designer

This article describes a model of the future software system, the main task of which is to provide assistance in coloring graphical user interfaces (GUI). The functioning of the system is based on semantic map data. Elements of this semantic map are individual colors and combinations of colors, associated with functional elements of the interface. The map coordinates of each individual color or combination are derived from emotional assessments by human participants. The usage of the map is based on patterns and schemas, typical for popular GUI designs. A system of this sort will be useful as a creative assistant to a human designer in various design projects and in design education.