Fruit-SALAD: A Style Aligned Artwork Dataset to reveal similarity perception in image embeddings.

ABSTRACT: The notion of visual similarity is essential for computer vision, and in applications and studies revolving around vector embeddings of images. However, the scarcity of benchmark datasets poses a significant hurdle in exploring how these models perceive similarity. Here we introduce Style Aligned Artwork Datasets (SALAD), and an example of fruit-SALAD with 10,000 images of fruit depictions. This combined semantic category and style benchmark comprises 100 instances each of 10 easy-to-recognize fruit categories, across 10 easy distinguishable styles. Leveraging a systematic pipeline of generative image synthesis, this visually diverse yet balanced benchmark demonstrates salient differences in semantic category and style similarity weights across various computational models, including machi

SUBMITTER: Ohm T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821872 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature