Patent ID: 7403206

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of validating a color in a media environment, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a color for video content authored in a first color space corresponding to a computing environment used to author video content; mapping component values of the selected color to corresponding color component values in a reference color space; converting the color component values in the reference color space to corresponding color component values in a second color space corresponding to a display device to display the video content in a television environment; determining the validity of the color component values in the second color space according to an established parameter; when the color component values are determined to be invalid, suggesting a valid color as an alternative to the selected color; and when the color component values are determined to be valid: simulating in the computing environment the visual appearance of the selected color in the television environment using gamma corrected values calculated from the color component values in the second color space; and including the selected color in a video application having the video content for output on the display device which uses the second color space.