Patent ID: 7598964

Claim:
A method for editing a color profile for an output device having a color gamut, the color profile comprising a plurality of output color values, the method comprising: obtaining a color profile from an output device having a color gamut, said color gamut including less than the full spectrum of color; receiving an output color comprising a first hue; identifying from the color profile a plurality of output color values that have a hue substantially equal to the first hue; displaying a user interface on a display that allows a user to create an edited output color comprising a second hue, said user interface including at least one slider bar displaying: the range of at least one color profile value along a first axis; and information indicating the output device's inability to print particular color profile values outside the color gamut; and shifting the hue of the identified plurality of output color values from the first hue to the second hue with the at least one slider bar.