Patent ID: 8081819

Claim:
A method of generating a profile used in conversion between device-dependent color data and device-independent color data from a file which stores colorimetric values of a device, the method comprising: using a processor to perform the steps of: obtaining at least one viewing condition; converting the colorimetric values under a colorimetric condition stored in the file into colorimetric values under the viewing condition; determining a type of the device from the colorimetric condition of the colorimetric values stored in the file; and generating the profile based on a determination result obtained in the determining step, wherein the generating step includes generating the profile using the colorimetric values under the colorimetric condition stored in the file when the type of the device is a device that handles light-source colors, and generating the profile using the colorimetric values under the viewing condition obtained in the converting step when the type of the device is a device that handles object colors.