Patent ID: 8319857

Claim:
An apparatus for correcting color of a photographic image comprising: at least one of a camera and a scanner in communication with a processor, wherein the at least one of the camera or the scanner is configured to capture a plurality of digital color photographs, wherein each of the digital color photographs includes an image of a skin of a test subject at a skin site, wherein the skin site includes a test strip having one or more color chips proximate to the skin of the test subject; the processor configured to receive the digital color photographs and to store the digital color photographs; the processor further configured to determine a target skin color based on an average of measured skin color values obtained from the image of skin in each of the digital color photographs; the processor further configured to determine composite color values for the color chips in the test strip based on an average of measured chip color values taken from each of the digital color photographs; the processor further configured to calculate composite factors for an operative digital color photograph of the digital color photographs based on the composite color values and the target skin color; and the processor further configured to calculate a reconstructed skin color for the operative digital color photograph based on the composite factors and the measured skin color values for the skin of the test subject included at the skin site of the operative digital color photograph.