Patent ID: 6922197

Claim:
A color separation table generation method of generating a color separation table used to separate an input color into a plurality of color agent colors, comprising: a first table generation step of generating color separation data on a first line that connects white and black points in the color separation table; a second table generation step of generating color separation data on a plurality of second lines each of which connects the white point and each of primary color points each expressed by one of the color agent colors and secondary color points each expressed by two of the color agent colors; a third table generation step of generating color separation data on a plurality of third lines each of which connects each of the primary and secondary color points and the black point; a fourth table generation step of generating color separation data on a plurality of fourth lines each of which connects the primary and secondary color points; and an interpolation step of generating color separation data at grid points inside a three-dimensional color space by an interpolation process based on the color separation data on the first to fourth lines, wherein the interpolation step includes a step of executing an interpolation process using a finite element method for each triangular plane specified on the color space.