Patent ID: 8159501

Claim:
A method for highlighting a portion of a displayed image, the method comprising: displaying an image on at least one display platform; identifying a portion of the displayed image to be highlighted; determining at least one color in the identified portion of the displayed image; identifying a contrasting color to the determined color of the identified portion such that a CIE Delta E metric between the contrasting color and the determined color comprises a predetermined size; identifying a complementary color to the determined color of the identified portion that is 180 degrees opposite the determined color on the hue saturation value hexcone; identifying a complementary color to the contrasting color of the determined color that is 180 degrees opposite the contrasting color on the hue saturation value hexcone; and highlighting the identified portion of the displayed image on the display screen using a linear combination of the contrasting color and the determined color and a separate linear combination of the complementary color to the contrasting color and the complementary color to the determined color.