  Color is an essential component of graphic design, acting not only as a
visual factor but also carrying cultural implications. However, existing
research on algorithmic color palette generation and colorization largely
ignores the cultural aspect. In this paper, we contribute to this line of
research by first constructing a unique color dataset inspired by a specific
culture, i.e., Chinese Youth Subculture (CYS), which is an vibrant and trending
cultural group especially for the Gen Z population. We show that the colors
used in CYS have special aesthetic and semantic characteristics that are
different from generic color theory. We then develop an interactive multi-modal
generative framework to create CYS-styled color palettes, which can be used to
put a CYS twist on images using our automatic colorization model. Our framework
is illustrated via a demo system designed with the human-in-the-loop principle
that constantly provides feedback to our algorithms. User studies are also
conducted to evaluate our generation results.
