Artist's pastel case and color arrangement
First Claim
1. A palette or color arrangement comprising:
- (a) a plurality of color areas disposed in a rectangular array for holding a plurality of coloring elements of a plurality of respective predetermined hues, said array being arranged in two rows, top and bottom, said coloring elements being arranged in the sequence of the visual spectrum, in a circuit around said rectangular array, and(b) an interval area, larger than any one of said plurality of color areas, disposed in one of said rows of said plurality of color areas and interrupting said sequence of the visual spectrum, whereby said interval area'"'"'s incorporation into said circuit results in said plurality of color areas designated for holding coloring elements being disposed so that a color area in the middle of one of said rows can hold one of three primary colors, and two color areas at each end of the other of said rows can hold the two other primary colors.
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Abstract
An artist'"'"'s compartmented pastel case (50) and color arrangement for organizing, transporting, storing, and accessing artists'"'"' pastels, for use with computer graphics applications, and databases, as well as for use with traditional methods of painting with pastels. The case has a lid (60) which contains a removable resilient liner or pad (70) which protectively cushions and immobilizes pastels when the case is closed for transport. The color compartment arrangement (100) translates the painter'"'"'s color triangle into a rectangular format by placing the three primary colors, red, yellow, and blue, in analogous locations (FIGS. 5 and 6). An empty, central compartment or current palette area (120) is provided as a place where all colors in current use can be grouped together. Empty subcompartments or holding areas (122), one located within each color compartment (FIG. 13), are also provided to hold selected pastels (172). The case'"'"'s two-level construction keeps its color compartments free of dust and debris. A top layer of alignment elements on a mesh-like support grid (140) positions pastels within each color compartment, and allows pastel dust and fragments to fall into a collection chamber below. A color chart, disposed on the interior surface (130) of the lid, and viewed by removing the resilient pad, can be labeled and used to select pastel colors that have been calibrated with colors displayed on-screen in computer graphics, tutorial, or database applications (FIG. 28).
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20 Claims
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1. A palette or color arrangement comprising:
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(a) a plurality of color areas disposed in a rectangular array for holding a plurality of coloring elements of a plurality of respective predetermined hues, said array being arranged in two rows, top and bottom, said coloring elements being arranged in the sequence of the visual spectrum, in a circuit around said rectangular array, and (b) an interval area, larger than any one of said plurality of color areas, disposed in one of said rows of said plurality of color areas and interrupting said sequence of the visual spectrum, whereby said interval area'"'"'s incorporation into said circuit results in said plurality of color areas designated for holding coloring elements being disposed so that a color area in the middle of one of said rows can hold one of three primary colors, and two color areas at each end of the other of said rows can hold the two other primary colors. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A device for holding pastels or similar artists'"'"' coloring materials, comprising:
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(a) a case having a floor, (b) a support grid suspended a predetermined distance above said floor of said case, said support grid comprising two layers, top and bottom, of parallel elongated elements, the axes of said parallel elements of said top and bottom layers oriented substantially perpendicularly to one another, thus crisscrossing to form a mesh-like plane, and (c) said top layer of said support grid comprising a plurality of said parallel elements spaced apart at predetermined alternating intervals to form a surface of alternating narrow and wide, parallel channels, whereby said coloring materials can be kept aligned and compactly organized by being positioned upon said support grid so as to lie parallel to and on said wide channels, be slid along said wide channels of said support grid, and be restrained from rolling from side to side while resting upon said wide channels of said support grid, but dust and fragments fall through said support grid onto said floor of said case. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A device for holding pastels or similar artists'"'"' coloring materials, comprising:
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(a) a case which is substantially rectangular in shape (b) said case having a plurality of substantially rectangular color compartments, each of said color compartments for grouping a plurality of said coloring materials into a single color family, (c) a substantially flat support surface, horizontally disposed in said case, for underlying said groups of coloring materials within said color compartments, and (d) a multitude of parallel elongated elements within each of said color compartments, and disposed on said flat support surface, said elements being spaced apart at predetermined intervals to form within each of said color compartments a series of shallow, parallel tracks or channels on which said coloring materials may be compactly arranged, whereby an artist may more easily grasp a desired coloring material in any of said color families by adjustably sliding said coloring materials along said channels, and once said desired coloring material is picked up, neighboring coloring materials do not roll sideways into its place, so that said coloring materials, grouped in said color compartments, and resting on said channels, are kept in order and can be retained in their assigned relative positions within their respective color families unless intentionally moved or removed by said artist. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A case for holding pastels or similar artists'"'"' coloring materials, comprising:
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(a) a substantially flat horizontal support surface within said case, said support surface being divided or partitioned into a plurality of substantially rectangular color compartments, each of said color compartments for grouping a plurality of said coloring materials into a single color family, (b) a plurality of parallel elongated elements disposed on said support surface within each of said color compartments, said parallel elements being spaced apart at predetermined intervals to form within each of said color compartments a series of shallow, parallel tracks or channels on which said coloring materials may be compactly arranged, and (c) a subcompartment in which a plurality of said coloring materials may be temporarily placed, said subcompartment being smaller than, and disposed in an area within, each of said color compartments, whereby when a coloring material in one of said color compartments is chosen for use it may be distinguished as such by placing it in said subcompartment. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method for cooperatively using pastels or similar artists'"'"' coloring materials with colors displayed on a computer screen by computer applications such as paint, graphics, and tutorial programs, or databases, comprising the steps of:
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(a) organizing an indexed selection of said artists'"'"' coloring materials, and (b) calibrating a palette of on-screen colors, for use in one of said computer applications, to said indexed selection of said artists'"'"' coloring materials, and (c) loading said palette of on-screen colors into one of said computer applications so that a resulting image, color exercise, tutorial, or database function uses colors contained in said palette of on-screen colors, and (d) preparing to manually interact with said resulting image, color exercise, tutorial, or database function by having said computer application furnish index information for one or more displayed colors in said image, color exercise, tutorial, or database function, whereby colors corresponding to said displayed colors can be accessed by hand in said indexed selection of said artists'"'"' coloring materials, enabling an artist to recreate or interact with said resulting image, color exercise, tutorial, or database function displayed on said computer screen using traditional painting materials and methods.
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10. A device for organizing, transporting, storing, and accessing pastels or similar artists'"'"' coloring elements, comprising:
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(a) a case which is substantially rectangular in shape and tray-like, and having a floor, (b) a channeled support grid suspended in a plane parallel to, and at a predetermined distance above, said floor of said case, (c) a lid for said case, said lid having an interior surface, and an exterior surface, and (d) a removable resilient liner or pad, having a lid-facing surface, said resilient pad nesting within said lid, whereby said pastels may be held and kept arranged on said support grid when said case is opened, and protectively cushioned and fixed in position by being sandwiched in between said support grid and said resilient pad nesting within said lid when said lid is closed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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