Abstract:
A fabric colour guide comprising multiple parts of sheet material, one or more parts bearing at least one colour scale and being pivotable with respect to at least an adjacent part and each pivotable part selectable for comparison with fabric of a colour corresponding with said colour scale/s by pivoting of the pivotable parts(s).
Abstract:
A hand held scanner (10) for determination of the color of a body component has a housing (20) including a light source (22), a detector (26), and a first guiding element (24) that contacts the body surface at least in part. A second guiding element (50) coupled to the housing (20) records the movement of the scanner (10) relative to the body component. The hand held scanner (10) may also be utilized in a scanner system having a central processing unit and an automated mixing device, wherein the automated mixing device mixes at least two cosmetically useful preparations, and wherein the mixing is controlled by the central processing unit.
Abstract:
A method of generating colour based information from a sample comprising the steps of: putting the sample into a condition where it can be scanned to provide consistent colour and light information in the form of parameters (such as information relating to hue, tone and light intensity); scanning the sample to establish first value/s of the required parameter/s according to a given first range of such parameters; generating from the first value/s second value/s of the parameter/s lying in a second range of such parameters either on the basis of a one-to-one relationship between at least a part of the first range and the second range or on the basis of some other relationship or relationships between the first and second range; displaying some or all the first value/s or the second value/s or of functions of the first or second values.
Abstract:
Skin coloration categories are identified based upon opponent color undertones of the skin. For example, using a color measuring device (10), Hunter b value is developed from measures of blue, yellow and lightness. That value alone then determines which of several categories of skin coloration a subject's skin exhibits. Category selection is made by comparison of measured Hunter b with ranges of Hunter b values of skin color categories. Instrumentation includes the color measuring device (10), a central processing unit (15), memory (17), and an output device. The skin color Hunter b is calculated and compared to stored ranges to assign a category which is then displayed on the output device. Colors compatible with skin color categories are identified or formulated based upon broad color family designation, yellow, brown, red, etc., and a comparison of measured and stored ranges of known or specifically developed color characteristics for the particular family.
Abstract:
In order to present in a system with a distal server displaying a virtual color image in the form of an image file comprising individual color values on its website, and with a proximal computer connected to the server and comprising a display unit (D), said computer displaying on its display unit (D) the virtual color image of the server by means of an application program, products on the display unit (D) in the most optimum colors possible, the following is proposed: [a] a reference card (K) is held in front of the computer, said reference card (K) comprising several differently colored translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) besides a transparent or translucent area or an opening (G), [b.1] the application program then starts a routine on the server and/or on the computer, said routine firstly outputting a first shade, for example cyan, with a first of the color values, said first shade being complementary to the color, for example red, of one (T1) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) of the reference card (K), [b.2] the reference card (K) having that translucent reference area (T1) whose color is complementary to the first shade displayed on the display unit (D) is then held in front of said first shade, and an identifier is determined and stored for that (T1) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) for which the shade of grey resulting from color mixture of the first shade and the translucent reference area (T1) comes closest to a shade of grey displayed on the display unit (D) and falling through the area or the opening (G), [c] the step [b.1] and the step [b.2] are repeated at least once to output a second shade, for example magenta, of a second of the color values, said second shade being complementary to the color, for example green, of another (T2) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3) of the reference card (K), and to determine and store the identifier of said other (T2) of the translucent reference areas (T1, T2, T3), [d] the identifiers of the reference areas (T1, T2, T3) determined in the preceding steps [b.1], [b.2], [c] and stored on the server and/or on the computer are input in this order into a color correction program started on the server and/or on the computer, and [e] for each image file sent by the server the color correction program is used to adjust the virtual color image for each color value included in the image file by applying the identifiers used as correction values whereby said virtual color image is displayed in colors optimized in respect of its recording conditions.
Abstract:
A method and system for measuring a colour value of a target comprising a mobile communication device having a camera with a sensor arranged to detect wavelengths of incident light reflected from an illuminated target. The mobile communication device also has a processor arranged to measure a colour value of the target based on the detected wavelengths received from the sensor, and to output the measured colour value of the target for display on a display of the mobile communication device.
Abstract:
Display of a harmony rule list is disclosed, including obtaining at least one base color and two or more color harmony rules; for each color harmony rule, computing a derived set of colors based on the at least one base color and the color harmony rule, resulting in two or more derived sets of colors; and simultaneously displaying the derived sets of colors for the two or more color harmony rules.