Patent Document ID: 6137903
Application ID: 08868484
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for color transformation of a color variation in an original image into a new color variation in a transformed image of the original image based on a representative color in a target image, comprising the steps of: providing a color image workstation having a color computer and a video monitor; inputting the original image and the target image into the color computer; obtaining a representative color of the target image; picking a plurality of color samples at points on the original image by use of the video monitor; by a statistical analysis obtaining a representative color of the original image and by comparing the color samples of the original image to the representative color of the original image, determining color variations; and by use of the representative color of the original image, the representative color of the target image, and the color variations of the original image, transforming image points of the original image to the transformed image.