Patent Document ID: 7676080
Application ID: 11671451
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of creating a color chart for color evaluation used in color evaluation, comprising: an obtaining step of obtaining standard color chart data corresponding to a standard color chart including a plurality of color patches; a first display step of displaying an image on a display screen; a setting step of setting an area in the displayed image, which is used to create a color chart for color evaluation; a computing step of computing a color element which represents color features of an image within the set area based on image data of the set area; a creating step of creating the color chart for color evaluation by extracting patch data corresponding to the computed color element from the standard color chart data; and a second display step of displaying the created color chart for color evaluation on one display screen, wherein the computing step comprises: a dividing step of dividing the set area into regions each having a predetermined size; and a selecting step of selecting a color element which represents each of the divided regions, and the creating step creates the color chart for color evaluation by which the number of patches is reduced by extracting patch data corresponding to the color element selected from the divided regions from the standard color chart data.