Patent ID: 8514447

Claim:
An image processing method comprising: using a processor to perform: a step of performing first and second color matching processing for a first object, which corresponds to a first transparency synthesis attribute, by a first color matching method and a second color matching method different from the first color matching method, and of performing first and second color matching processing for a second object, which corresponds to a second transparency synthesis attribute and is different from the first object, by the first color matching method and the second color matching method; an intermediate color processing step of performing a first calculation for results of the first and second color matching processing for the first object by using the first and second transparency synthesis attributes, and of performing a second calculation for results of the first and second color matching processing for the second object by using the first and second transparency synthesis attributes; and a synthesis color processing step of synthesizing the results of the first calculation and the second calculation by using the first and second transparency synthesis attributes.