Patent ID: 8467090

Claim:
A color selection apparatus comprising: a central processing unit, a monitor connected to the central processing unit displaying at least one color, wherein the at least one displayed color corresponds to a physical color merchandise standard, an interface system executed by the central processing unit to transform spectral or colorimetric information of a color contained in a digital printer that corresponds to the at least one color displayed on the monitor to a color lookup table index value, and wherein the printer is connected to the central processing unit to print said color as at least one color merchandise using the color lookup table index value, wherein the printed color merchandise is substantially similar to the corresponding physical color merchandise standard, such that an average measured color difference (ΔE) for a 10° standard observer between the printed colors and their corresponding color standards is less than 1.0 CIEDE2000 unit for at least two ambient illuminants, wherein the color selection apparatus is capable of changing a shape or a dimension of the printed color merchandise, and wherein a user is capable of checking for color constancy or metamerism of the printed color merchandise prior to leaving the color selection apparatus.