Patent ID: 8196040

Claim:
A color management system comprising: a processor performing the following: comparing a first color of an object in a first digital version of a document and a second color of said object in a second digital version of said document; generating a statement providing a natural language description of a result of said comparing, said statement indicating any lightness differences detected between said first color and said second color, indicating any chroma difference detected between said first color and said second color, indicating any hue difference detected between said first color and said second color; and generating a second statement providing another natural language description of a plurality of possible solutions for adjusting lightness, chroma and hue of said second color so that said second color more closely matches said first color; and a graphical user interface in communication with said processor and comprising a visual display unit, said graphical user interface displaying, on said visual display unit, a visual representation of said first digital version of said document and said second digital version of said document, said object in said second digital version displayed on said visual display unit being annotated with said statement and with said second statement such that any of said solutions are user-selectable for on-demand initiation, wherein said statement enabling soft-proofing of said second digital version of said document by selectively adjusting lightness, chroma and hue of said second color based on said statement in the presence of any of the following: an improperly calibrated visual display unit and less than optimal lighting conditions.