---
license: apache-2.0
language:
  - en
tags:
  - image-quality-assessment
  - document-quality
  - mplug-owl2
  - vision-language
  - document-analysis
  - color-quality
  - IQA
pipeline_tag: image-to-text
library_name: transformers
---

# DeQA-Doc-Color: Document Image Color Quality Assessment

**DeQA-Doc-Color** is a vision-language model specialized in assessing the **color quality** of document images. It evaluates color fidelity, saturation, white balance, and color-related artifacts in scanned or photographed documents.

## Model Family

This model is part of the **DeQA-Doc** family, which includes three specialized models:

| Model | Description | HuggingFace |
|-------|-------------|-------------|
| **DeQA-Doc-Overall** | Overall document quality | [mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Overall](https://huggingface.co/mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Overall) |
| **DeQA-Doc-Color** | Color quality assessment (this model) | [mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Color](https://huggingface.co/mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Color) |
| **DeQA-Doc-Sharpness** | Sharpness/clarity assessment | [mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Sharpness](https://huggingface.co/mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Sharpness) |

## Quick Start

```python
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
from PIL import Image

# Load the model
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Color",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
    device_map="auto",
)

# Score an image
image = Image.open("document.jpg").convert("RGB")
score = model.score([image])
print(f"Color Quality Score: {score.item():.2f} / 5.0")
```

## What Does Color Quality Measure?

The color quality score evaluates:

- **Color Fidelity**: How accurately colors are reproduced
- **White Balance**: Neutral whites without color casts (yellow, blue tints)
- **Saturation**: Appropriate color intensity (not washed out or oversaturated)
- **Color Artifacts**: Absence of color bleeding, banding, or chromatic aberration
- **Uniformity**: Consistent color reproduction across the document

## Score Interpretation

| Score Range | Quality Level | Typical Issues |
|-------------|---------------|----------------|
| 4.5 - 5.0 | **Excellent** | Perfect color reproduction |
| 3.5 - 4.5 | **Good** | Minor color shifts, slight tinting |
| 2.5 - 3.5 | **Fair** | Noticeable color cast, uneven colors |
| 1.5 - 2.5 | **Poor** | Strong color distortion, washed out |
| 1.0 - 1.5 | **Bad** | Severe color problems, unusable |

## Batch Processing

```python
images = [
    Image.open("doc1.jpg").convert("RGB"),
    Image.open("doc2.jpg").convert("RGB"),
    Image.open("doc3.jpg").convert("RGB"),
]

scores = model.score(images)
for i, score in enumerate(scores):
    print(f"Document {i+1} Color Score: {score.item():.2f} / 5.0")
```

## Use Cases

- **Scanner Calibration**: Detect when scanners need color calibration
- **Photo Document QA**: Flag photos with poor lighting/white balance
- **Color-Critical Documents**: Verify color accuracy for maps, charts, branded materials
- **Archive Preservation**: Identify documents with color degradation
- **Print Quality Control**: Verify color reproduction in printed documents

## Example: Detect Color Issues

```python
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
from PIL import Image

model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Color",
    trust_remote_code=True,
    torch_dtype=torch.float16,
    device_map="auto",
)

def diagnose_color_quality(image_path):
    img = Image.open(image_path).convert("RGB")
    score = model.score([img]).item()

    if score >= 4.5:
        diagnosis = "Excellent color quality"
    elif score >= 3.5:
        diagnosis = "Good - minor color issues"
    elif score >= 2.5:
        diagnosis = "Fair - consider color correction"
    elif score >= 1.5:
        diagnosis = "Poor - needs color correction or rescan"
    else:
        diagnosis = "Bad - severe color problems, rescan required"

    return score, diagnosis

score, diagnosis = diagnose_color_quality("scanned_document.jpg")
print(f"Score: {score:.2f}/5.0 - {diagnosis}")
```

## Multi-Dimensional Quality Assessment

Combine with other DeQA-Doc models for comprehensive assessment:

```python
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
from PIL import Image

# Load all three models
models = {
    "overall": AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        "mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Overall", trust_remote_code=True,
        torch_dtype=torch.float16, device_map="auto"
    ),
    "color": AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        "mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Color", trust_remote_code=True,
        torch_dtype=torch.float16, device_map="auto"
    ),
    "sharpness": AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
        "mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Sharpness", trust_remote_code=True,
        torch_dtype=torch.float16, device_map="auto"
    ),
}

def full_quality_report(image_path):
    img = Image.open(image_path).convert("RGB")

    scores = {}
    for name, model in models.items():
        scores[name] = model.score([img]).item()

    return scores

report = full_quality_report("document.jpg")
print(f"Overall:   {report['overall']:.2f}/5.0")
print(f"Color:     {report['color']:.2f}/5.0")
print(f"Sharpness: {report['sharpness']:.2f}/5.0")
```

## Model Architecture

- **Base Model**: mPLUG-Owl2 (LLaMA2-7B + ViT-L Vision Encoder)
- **Vision Encoder**: CLIP ViT-L/14 (1024 visual tokens via Visual Abstractor)
- **Language Model**: LLaMA2-7B
- **Training**: Full fine-tuning on document color quality datasets
- **Input Resolution**: Images are resized to 448x448 (with aspect ratio preservation)

## Technical Details

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Model Size | ~16 GB (float16) |
| Parameters | ~7.2B |
| Input | RGB images (any resolution) |
| Output | Color quality score (1.0 - 5.0) |
| Inference | ~2-3 seconds per image on A100 |

## Hardware Requirements

| Setup | VRAM Required | Recommended |
|-------|---------------|-------------|
| Full precision (fp32) | ~32 GB | A100, H100 |
| Half precision (fp16) | ~16 GB | A100, A40, RTX 4090 |
| With CPU offload | ~8 GB GPU + RAM | RTX 3090, RTX 4080 |

## Installation

```bash
pip install torch transformers accelerate pillow sentencepiece protobuf
```

**Note**: Use `transformers>=4.36.0` for best compatibility.

## Limitations

- Optimized for document images (may not generalize to natural photos)
- Color assessment is relative to training data distribution
- Black & white documents may receive lower scores (use Overall model instead)
- Requires GPU with sufficient VRAM for efficient inference

## Credits & Attribution

This model is based on the **DeQA-Doc** project by Junjie Gao et al., which won the **Championship** in the VQualA 2025 DIQA (Document Image Quality Assessment) Challenge.

**Original Repository**: [https://github.com/Junjie-Gao19/DeQA-Doc](https://github.com/Junjie-Gao19/DeQA-Doc)

All credit for the research, training methodology, and model architecture goes to the original authors.

## Citation

If you use this model in your research, please cite the original paper:

```bibtex
@inproceedings{deqadoc,
  title={{DeQA-Doc}: Adapting {DeQA-Score} to Document Image Quality Assessment},
  author={Gao, Junjie and Liu, Runze and Peng, Yingzhe and Yang, Shujian and Zhang, Jin and Yang, Kai and You, Zhiyuan},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshop},
  year={2025},
}
```

**ArXiv**: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12796](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12796)

## License

Apache 2.0

## Related Models

- [DeQA-Doc-Overall](https://huggingface.co/mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Overall) - Overall quality assessment
- [DeQA-Doc-Sharpness](https://huggingface.co/mapo80/DeQA-Doc-Sharpness) - Sharpness assessment