Colors of the street: color as an image visualization parameter of Twitter pictures from Brazil's 2013 protests

This paper aims to discuss color as a methodological tool in the analysis of large quantities of images. For this purpose, this paper presents a series of researches done by two data analysis labs, Software Studies Initiative (EUA) and Labic, the Laboratory of Image and Cyberculture Studies (Brazil), in order to illustrate its different uses. Moreover, this paper shows Labic's recent research on color as a parameter for the analysis of 85.585 images linked to twitter hashtag #vemprarua, an important hashtag related to Brazil's 2013 protests. Thus, this paper highlights the importance of colors as parameters, while identifying issues and contributions to contemporary data science.