Patent ID: 8858232

Claim:
A device to three-dimensionally display colors of a color model, the device comprising: a plurality of interconnected top panels having viewable upper and lower surfaces, the upper surfaces forming a viewable top surface of the device and the lower surfaces partially forming viewable side surfaces of the device, the top panels being capable of displaying the colors of the color model including primary, secondary and tertiary colors at the viewable top surface of the device, wherein the top panels are arranged in a circle about a central axis and are capable of displaying the primary, secondary and tertiary colors in a predetermined spatial relationship at the viewable top surface of the device; a plurality of interconnected bottom panels having viewable upper and lower surfaces, the lower surfaces of the bottom panels forming a viewable bottom surface of the device and the upper surfaces of the bottom panels partially forming the viewable side surfaces of the device wherein the lower surfaces of the bottom panels are capable of displaying a first set of colors of the color model and the lower surfaces of the top panels are capable of displaying a second set of colors which are complementary to the first set of colors in a spaced overlapping relationship to their respective complementary colors of the first set; and a plurality of interconnected side panels having viewable left and right surfaces and extending between the top and bottom panels, wherein the left and right surfaces of the side panels, the lower surfaces of the top panels and the upper surfaces of the bottom panels form the viewable side surfaces of the device and are capable of displaying the primary, secondary and tertiary colors of the color model at the side surfaces, and wherein the top, side and bottom panels are arranged about the central axis and are capable of displaying the primary, secondary and tertiary colors in a three-dimensional spatial relationship at the viewable side surfaces of the device, the plurality of interconnected side panels further including a pair of back surfaces that face one another when the device is capable of displaying the colors in an open position, wherein rotation of the side panels relative to one another about the central axis transitions the device between the open position and a closed position in which the back surfaces face away from one another.