Patent ID: 7054483

Claim:
A method of providing an objective evaluation of the legibility of color selections for foreground content and background of visual displays, in terms of the presentation of adequate visual contrast, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving as input a foreground color or a background color; (b) receiving as input a palette of colors; (c) receiving as input a value for each of at least one measure of visual contrast, representing the minimum acceptable value for each of the respective measures of visual contrast; (d) comparing the inputted foreground or background color to the colors in the palette of colors; (e) identifying at least one color in the palette of colors whose values for its measures of visual contrast are greater than the at least one respective minimum acceptable value for measures of visual contrast inputted in step (c), if such a color is present in the palette; (f) highlighting for the user at least one color in the palette of colors whose values for its measures of visual contrast are greater than the at least one respective inputted minimum acceptable value for measures of visual contrast, identified in step (e), if such a color is present in the palette, or if no such color is present in the palette, providing output indicating there is no color in the palette of colors that has values for its measures of visual contrast greater than the at least one respective inputted minimum acceptable value for measures of visual contrast.