Patent ID: 8089482

Claim:
A method of creating a color chart for use on a computer screen or other color output device in defining, formulating, organizing, comparing, and selecting colors, comprising: (a) organizing, by said computer screen or other color output device in a columnar chart, a series of columns for respectively grouping a plurality of uniformly sized color elements of a constant hue, said columns being uniform in height and sequentially arranged for grouping said color elements according to a predetermined range of prescribed, relatively declining saturation levels from most-saturated at one side to zero-saturation at the other, and (b) organizing, by means of said columnar chart, said color elements arranged within each of said respective columns sequentially light to dark from top to bottom according to relative value levels, and (c) defining such sequential value arrangement of said color elements within each respective column to be relative only to other of said color elements within the same respective column, whereby the value levels of said color elements in any one column are independent of the value levels of said color elements in any other column, and such independence allows the arrangement and range of values within said columnar chart to be variably tailored to the characteristics of the specific constant hue of said color elements.