Patent ID: 6563510
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G01J,G06Q

Abstract:
A method of generating a display of complementary architectural paint color samples, comprising the steps of:receiving an input reference color; selecting a reference paint color from a database of architectural paint colors within a color space, said reference paint color being visually closer, with respect to said color space, to said input reference color than any other paint color within said database, each of said paint colors within said database being located within only one of a plurality of fixed non-overlapping contiguous portions of said color space, each of said color space portions being defined as the space of all colors within a band of hues within said color space, said color space portions spanning all hues in said color space, the number of said color space portions being at least 30; determining a first of said color space portions, said first color space portion including a first hue that is complementary to the hue of said reference paint color; selecting from said database a first set of architectural paint colors being located within said first color space portion; and displaying color samples of said first set of architectural paint colors on one of a display monitor or a hard-copy printout.