Patent ID: 8567455

Claim:
A system for preparing a hair dye mixture, the system comprising: a control system having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for blending a hair dye mixture using one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials and amounts recommended for producing a pre-defined batch size of the hair dye mixture; a scale in communication with the control system; and custom color software stored in the computer-readable memory and executed by the control system, wherein upon receiving input prompting creation of a hair dye custom color mixture, the custom color software further prompts a user to select or enter one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials, monitors a weight on the scale as colorant(s) and/or dye blending material(s) are added to a receptacle on the scale in accordance with said instructions, indicates on the display the recommended amounts of the colorant(s) and/or dye blending material(s) in comparison to the amounts that have been added to the scale, creates a custom hair dye mixture based upon the selected or entered colorants and/or dye blending materials and the corresponding amounts, and saves the custom hair dye mixture.