Patent ID: 8560402

Claim:
A method for selling a product, the method comprising acts of: receiving, by at least one computer system, at least one representation of the product, the at least one representation including at least one image of the product, the at least one image including a plurality of pixels; selecting, by the at least one computer system, a subset of pixels within the plurality of pixels, the subset of pixels being less than all of the plurality of pixels and more concentrated in at least one focal portion of the at least one image in which the product is disposed than in at least one secondary portion of the at least one image; determining, by the at least one computer system, at least one color of the product based on at least one color of the selected subset of pixels; associating, by the at least one computer system, the product with the at least one color of the product; receiving a search request from a potential buyer, the search request including the at least one color; and providing, to the potential buyer, the at least one representation of the product.