Patent ID: 7483170

Claim:
A color management method for constructing a device model for a device, wherein the device model is constructed for use in a measurement-based color management system, the method comprising the steps of: accessing a transform-based color profile for the device which contains a color transform for transforming color data from a device-dependent color space to a colorimetric device-independent color space, wherein the transform-based color profile is designed for use in a transform-based color management system; computationally generating color measurements for use in the measurement-based color management system by computationally transforming a plurality of predetermined color samples by using the color transform contained in the transform-based color profile; and constructing the device model for the device by using the computationally generated color measurements, wherein the device model transforms color data from the device-dependent color space to the calorimetric device-independent color space, and wherein the device model is constructed for use in the measurement-based color management system.