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For `color` images, we use the `color` palette to detect faces:
-```shell
-#373028 #422811 #513b2e #6f503c #81654f #9d7a54 #bea07e #e5c8a6 #e7c1b8 #f3dad6 #fbf2f3
-```
-
-
#373028
-#422811
-#513B2E
-#6F503C
-#81654F
-#9D7A54
-#BEA07E
-#E5C8A6
-#E7C1B8
-#F3DAD6
-#FBF2F3
+`#373028`
+`#422811`
+`#513B2E`
+`#6F503C`
+`#81654F`
+`#9D7A54`
+`#BEA07E`
+`#E5C8A6`
+`#E7C1B8`
+`#F3DAD6`
+`#FBF2F3`
(Please refer to our paper above for more details.)
For `bw` images, we use the `bw` palette to detect faces:
-```shell
-#FFFFFF #F0F0F0 #E0E0E0 #D0D0D0 #C0C0C0 #B0B0B0 #A0A0A0 #909090 #808080 #707070 #606060 #505050 #404040 #303030 #202020 #101010 #000000
-```
-
-#FFFFFF
-#F0F0F0
-#E0E0E0
-#D0D0D0
-#C0C0C0
-#B0B0B0
-#A0A0A0
-#909090
-#808080
-#707070
-#606060
-#505050
-#404040
-#303030
-#202020
-#101010
-#000000
+`#FFFFFF`
+`#F0F0F0`
+`#E0E0E0`
+`#D0D0D0`
+`#C0C0C0`
+`#B0B0B0`
+`#A0A0A0`
+`#909090`
+`#808080`
+`#707070`
+`#606060`
+`#505050`
+`#404040`
+`#303030`
+`#202020`
+`#101010`
+`#000000`
(Please refer to
**Leigh, A., & Susilo, T. (2009). Is voting skin-deep? Estimating the effect of candidate ballot photographs on election