DEVICE FOR COLOR MATCHING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH THE SKIN SHADE OF A PERSON
First Claim
1. A color matching device for selecting cosmetic composition having a shade matching the skin shade of a person comprising:
- a tape having a flat body having a plurality of sections, each section including an opaque and a transparent part, said opaque and transparent parts cooperating to define a unique shade indicia for each section that is different from the shade indicia of the other sections;
whereinwhen said tape is positioned adjacent to the person'"'"'s skin, the section with a shade indicia close to the skin shade of the person essentially disappears while the sections having darker or lighter shadings are clearly visible.
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Abstract
A device for matching the skin shade of a person with the shade of a cosmetic composition includes a tape having a plurality of transparent and opaque portions. The opaque portions have different shades and unique shapes that are coded to so that each portion can be matched to a cosmetic composition of a particular shape by the shape of the portion. When the tape is attached to or at least placed adjacent to the body portion of a person, the opaque portion having a shade that is close to the shade of the skin of the respective body portion becomes substantially invisible.
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18 Claims
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1. A color matching device for selecting cosmetic composition having a shade matching the skin shade of a person comprising:
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a tape having a flat body having a plurality of sections, each section including an opaque and a transparent part, said opaque and transparent parts cooperating to define a unique shade indicia for each section that is different from the shade indicia of the other sections;
whereinwhen said tape is positioned adjacent to the person'"'"'s skin, the section with a shade indicia close to the skin shade of the person essentially disappears while the sections having darker or lighter shadings are clearly visible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A color matching device for selecting a cosmetic composition to be applied to a body portion of a person having a specific skin color, comprising:
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a tape having a flexible body with an adhesive applied on one side so that the tape can be temporarily be attached to body portion; said body being transparent except for a plurality of opaque portions, each opaque portion having a specific shade identifying the shade of the respective opaque portion, whereby when the tape is attached to said body portion, essentially only the portions having shades that are different from the skin shade are visible. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. A color matching device for matching the color of a covering element to the color of a target comprising:
a tape formed of a plurality opaque and transparent portions cooperating to define a plurality of shapes, each shape being unique and having a unique shade coded to the unique shape, said unique shape corresponding to the color of the respective covering element, wherein placing the tape against the target renders the opaque portion with shade matching the color of the target substantially invisible. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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