Patent ID: 6697079
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method for providing a color palette which facilitates user selection of colors having a consistent appearance across different platforms;determining the achromatic colors to be located within a color palette; arranging all the achromatic colors in one contiguous grouping within the palette; placing blends of non-web safe chromatic colors in a second contiguous grouping within the palette; and placing all web-safe chromatic colors, including blends created from the web-safe chromatic colors, in a third contiguous grouping within the palette; wherein a subgroup of web-safe chromatic color blends are arranged within said third grouping to form a square wherein the colors are arranged on one side of a diagonal of the square horizontally in order of decreasing saturation towards said diagonal and vertically in order of decreasing value towards said diagonal, and the colors in the other side of the diagonal are arranged horizontally decreasing in value towards said diagonal and vertically decreasing in saturation towards said diagonal.