Patent ID: 7006105

Claim:
A color correction method of correcting image data prepared for a first apparatus having a first Gamut indicative of a range of reproducible colors so as to be applied to a second apparatus having a second Gamut indicative of a range of reproducible colors, said color correction method comprising the steps of: entering image data prepared for said first apparatus, and shifting said entered image data by a conversion of shifting a gray axis of said first Gamut towards a gray axis of said second Gamut, wherein said image data is shifted according to an amount of shifting corresponding to a distance from the gray axis of said first Gamut in a chroma direction, wherein said shifting step shifts the gray axis of said first apparatus by the amount of shifting in a ratio of 0.5 to 0.9 with respect to the amount of shifting when the gray axis of said first Gamut matches the gray axis of said second Gamut.