Patent ID: 7576890

Claim:
A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for a system for generating digital swatch books, comprising: a simulation component for generating, based on a set of standard reference colors and based on at least one reproduction system profile representing a reproduction system's color reproduction characteristics, digital swatch book information representing a simulated set of reference colors associated with the original set of reference colors, as reproduced by the reproduction system; a portable document format generation component, comprising: a viewable layer generator for: producing, from lab values of the simulated set of reference colors, a representation of a simulated swatch book which is customized for a display device; and producing a first portable document format object representing a version of the digital swatch book customized for the display device; and a printable layer generator for producing, based on a set of printing system profiles, a second portable document format object representing a version of the digital swatch book customized for printing on a particular output device, wherein the portable document format generation component is configured to include the first and second portable document format objects in a portable document format (PDF) file as distinct layers.