Patent ID: 7365876

Claim:
A method for generating a color match between a target object having a plurality of different target color values and a source object, the method comprising the steps of: a) generating for the target object a target color space with target color locations to be correlated with target color values; b) generating for the source object a source color space having a plurality of source color locations, wherein the source color locations are correlated with a source color value, respectively; c) determining for each target color location within the source color space a position in the vicinity of a similar source color location; d) determining the spacing of the position of the target color location from the similar source color location; and e) based on the spacing, changing the source color value correlated with the similar source color location; further comprising the step of repeating the steps b) through e) until either a predetermined number of repetitions has been reached or the spacing drops below a predetermined error value.