Patent ID: 7116338

Claim:
A color information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition section, arranged to acquire color image data, and color distribution information which indicates a relationship between sample point values in a first colorimetric system, and color coordinate values in a second colorimetric system; a constructor, arranged to construct surface information of a first three-dimensional object, on the basis of the color distribution information; a display section, arranged to display a first image based on the surface information, and a color image based on the input color image data; an input section, arranged to input a user's designation which designates a part of the displayed color image; and a generator, arranged to generate three-dimensional object data, representing a second three-dimensional object and based on color image data corresponding to the part of the color image designated by the user's designation, wherein said display section displays a second image corresponding to the second three-dimensional object superimposed on the first three-dimensional object.