Device for determining color combinations

• US 6,139,325 A
• Filed: 06/29/1999
• Issued: 10/31/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: K1C2, LLC
• Original Assignee: Gloria Tracy, Susan Levin
• Inventors: Levin, Susan, Tracy, Gloria
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FERNSTROM, KURT
• Application Number:
  US09/342,552
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 434/81, 434/84, 434/98, 434/104, 434/101, 356/423
• US Class Current: 434/104
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/528 using colour harmony theory
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0023 Colour matching, recognition, analysis, mixture or the like

Abstract

A device for determining aesthetically harmonious color combinations includes a color selector wheel rotatably attached to a base having a plurality of distinct color selection groups disposed beyond and surrounding the periphery of the color selection wheel. Each color group section forms a window through which samples can be viewed. The color selector wheel has color selection indicia in the form of at least one symmetrical geometric symbol centered on the face of the color selector wheel. The indicia each have a primary vertex and a plurality of secondary vertices disposed adjacent to the periphery of the color selector wheel such that alignment of the primary vertex with a selected color selection group automatically aligns the secondary vertices with harmonious color combination selection groups and allows the user to develop progressive color coordinating combinations.

Claims

1. A device for determining harmonious color combinations, comprising:

a color selector wheel;

a base to which the color selector wheel is rotatably attached, the base including a plurality of distinct color selection groups disposed beyond and surrounding the periphery of the color selection wheel, each color group forming an unobstructed window; and

color selection indicia on a face of the color selector wheel, the color selection indicia including multiple symmetrical geometric symbols centered on the face of the color selector wheel, the indicia each having a marked primary vertex and a plurality of secondary vertices disposed adjacent to the periphery of the color selector wheel, the multiple geometric symbols being comprised of at least one triangle and at least one quadrilateral, the at least one triangle including an equilateral triangle and an isosceles triangle disposed on the face of the color selector wheel such that the marked primary vertices are opposite to one another 180°

about the periphery of the wheel, and the at least one quadrilateral including a square and a non-equilateral rectangle disposed on the face of the color selector wheel such that there is no overlap of the vertices of each, whereby alignment of the marked primary vertex with a selected color selection group automatically aligns the secondary vertices with harmonious color combination selection groups.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the color selection indicia includes a pair of arrows disposed on opposite edges of the color selector wheel.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of distinct color section groups each contain multiple sub-sections having individual predetermined color values, the color values of the multiple sub-sections of the color groups correlating with one another.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein a progressive harmonious color combination scheme is achieved when a marked primary vertex of a first symmetrical geometric symbol aligned with the selected color selection group is replaced by a marked primary vertex of a second symmetrical geometric symbol.

5. A device for determining harmonious color combinations, comprising:

a color selector wheel;

a base to which the color selector wheel is rotatably attached, the base including a plurality of distinct color selection groups each containing multiple sub-sections having individual predetermined color values, the color values of the multiple sub-sections of the color groups correlating with one another, the plurality of color groups being disposed beyond and surrounding the periphery of the color selection wheel, each color group forming an unobstructed window; and

color selection indicia on a face of the color selector wheel, the color selection indicia including multiple symmetrical geometric symbols centered on the face of the color selector wheel, the indicia each having a marked primary vertex and a plurality of secondary vertices disposed adjacent to the periphery of the color selector wheel, the multiple geometric symbols being comprised of at least one triangle and at least one quadrilateral and a pair of arrows disposed on opposite edges of the color selector wheel, the at least one triangle including an equilateral triangle and an isosceles triangle disposed on the face of the color selector wheel such that the marked primary vertices are opposite to one another 180°

about the periphery of the wheel, and the at least one quadrilateral including a square and a non-equilateral rectangle disposed on the face of the color selector wheel such that there is no overlap of the vertices of each, whereby alignment of the marked primary vertex with a selected color selection group automatically aligns the secondary vertices with harmonious color combination selection groups; and

wherein a progressive harmonious color combination scheme is achieved when a marked primary vertex of a first symmetrical geometric symbol aligned with the selected color selection group is replaced by a marked primary vertex of a second symmetrical geometric symbol.