Patent ID: 8319788

Claim:
An automated method for providing color selection capability to a user comprising: employing one or more computers to perform a plurality of operations in conjunction with a tangible computer readable medium or media and a computer controlled display apparatus, the operations comprising: generating a first display on said display apparatus comprising an array of color families displayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each color family comprising a plurality of rows, each row comprising a plurality of color stripe cards, said first display enabling selection of a particular color family for display on said display apparatus; generating a second display on said display apparatus comprising an enlarged display of a particular selected color family in response to selection of the particular color family for display; and wherein, as said second display is generated, said array of color families dissolves while the particular selected color family moves into a central enlarged position, and wherein a miniature version of said array of color families is displayed in a thumbnail navigation frame in the second display, said second display further comprising a link enabling return to the first display.