Artists' color display system
First Claim
1. A method for choosing on-screen color elements in a computer system, comprising:
- (a) providing a color selection arrangement which includes a plurality of color-family selection means, each of said color-family selection means respectively referencing one of a plurality of color family groups, each of said color family groups respectively referencing a plurality of ranges of hue, said ranges of hue each being of sufficient size to encompass a plurality of distinguishable hues of approximately a single general hue sector, but substantially no larger than two general hue sectors, of the general hue sectors of the visible spectrum from the group consisting of red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet, and red-violet,(b) providing an interface including said plurality of color-family selection means for enabling a user to choose one or more of said color family groups and cause to be respectively displayed by color display means on a computer screen one or more of a plurality of color-element selection palettes, each of said color-element selection palettes containing an arrangement of color elements respectively representing said range of hue of one of said chosen color-family groups, and(c) providing each of said chosen color-element selection palettes as an interface for enabling a user to choose a color for use from among said arrangement of color elements,(d) configuring said color-family selection means in a plurality of relative positions substantially corresponding to an arrangement of said general hue sectors on a color diagram, said color diagram distributing said general hue sectors in a circuit sequenced in the order of the visible spectrum, said color diagram having a shape selected from the group consisting of circles, ellipses, hexagons, octagons, decagons, trapezoids, triangles, rectangles, and squares, and(e) including a plurality of color-diagram selection means, said color-diagram selection means providing an interface for determining said color diagram to which said relative positions of said color-family selection means correspond,whereby a user can quickly choose any of said color diagrams as a preferred interface for color-family display, and subsequent color element selection.
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Abstract
An assortment of color elements is grouped within a plurality of color families which are organized in accordance with a circular color chart (FIG. 10-A) and a columnar chart (FIG. 11-A). Except for the neutral-gray color family, a pair of boundary-hues respectively defines the extent of acceptable hue variation within each group, resulting in an included range of hue within each color family, and an excluded range of hue in between neighboring color families. Variant-hue charts enhance color comparison and selection within each main color family by displaying contrasting variations of all three color attributes, that is, value, saturation, and hue, within a single chart. Variant-hue charts also consolidate color elements into a compact format, and provide a graphical user interface for computer color selection.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for choosing on-screen color elements in a computer system, comprising:
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(a) providing a color selection arrangement which includes a plurality of color-family selection means, each of said color-family selection means respectively referencing one of a plurality of color family groups, each of said color family groups respectively referencing a plurality of ranges of hue, said ranges of hue each being of sufficient size to encompass a plurality of distinguishable hues of approximately a single general hue sector, but substantially no larger than two general hue sectors, of the general hue sectors of the visible spectrum from the group consisting of red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet, and red-violet, (b) providing an interface including said plurality of color-family selection means for enabling a user to choose one or more of said color family groups and cause to be respectively displayed by color display means on a computer screen one or more of a plurality of color-element selection palettes, each of said color-element selection palettes containing an arrangement of color elements respectively representing said range of hue of one of said chosen color-family groups, and (c) providing each of said chosen color-element selection palettes as an interface for enabling a user to choose a color for use from among said arrangement of color elements, (d) configuring said color-family selection means in a plurality of relative positions substantially corresponding to an arrangement of said general hue sectors on a color diagram, said color diagram distributing said general hue sectors in a circuit sequenced in the order of the visible spectrum, said color diagram having a shape selected from the group consisting of circles, ellipses, hexagons, octagons, decagons, trapezoids, triangles, rectangles, and squares, and (e) including a plurality of color-diagram selection means, said color-diagram selection means providing an interface for determining said color diagram to which said relative positions of said color-family selection means correspond, whereby a user can quickly choose any of said color diagrams as a preferred interface for color-family display, and subsequent color element selection.
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2. A configuration of colors presented by color display means, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of arrangements of a plurality of color elements respectively selected from a plurality of sets of constant-hue charts, (b) each of said sets of constant-hue charts being respectively derived from and representing colorant samplings of a plurality of distinguishably different hues, (c) each of said distinguishably different hues selected from a plurality of prescribed ranges of hue, (d) each of said prescribed ranges of hue being a component of an array sequenced in the order of the visible spectrum, (e) said prescribed ranges of hue each being of sufficient size to encompass a plurality of distinguishable hues of approximately a single general hue sector, but substantially no larger than two general hue sectors, of the general hue sectors of the visible spectrum from the group consisting of red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet, and red-violet, (f) each of said arrangements of said plurality of color elements respectively organized in accordance with one of a plurality of sets of consolidation patterns into a single configuration, (g) said single configuration defined as a variant-hue chart, each of said variant-hue charts respectively representing one of a plurality of color families, and (h) means for displaying one or more of said variant-hue charts independently so that a plurality of said variant-hue charts may be stacked or overlapped, whereby any variant-hue chart, respectively representing a color family as a patterned assortment of color elements of a prescribed range of hue, arranged so that all three attributes of color, that is value, saturation, and hue, are organized and displayed in a single configuration, may be positioned adjacent to or overlapping another variant-hue chart, thus allowing a user to more closely and accurately compare and select displayed colors. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for choosing on-screen color elements in a computer system, comprising:
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(a) providing a color selection arrangement which includes a plurality of color-family selection means, each of said color-family selection means respectively referencing one of a plurality of color family groups of a color assortment, and (b) providing an interface means for actuating said plurality of color-family selection means in such a way as to enable a user to choose a plurality of said color family groups and cause said chosen groups to be respectively, independently, and simultaneously displayed, each in its own individual color-element selection palette, (c) configuring said color-family selection means in a plurality of relative hue positions substantially corresponding to an arrangement of said general hue sectors on a color diagram, said color diagram distributing said general hue sectors in a circuit sequenced in the order of the visible spectrum, and (d) including a plurality of color-diagram selection means, said color-diagram selection means providing an interface for determining the type of said color diagram to which said relative hue positions of said color-family selection means correspond, whereby a user can quickly choose any of said color diagrams as a preferred interface for color-family selection and display.
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