Method for identifying, displaying, selecting, naming and matching colors

• US 8,681,171 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nicoline Kinch
• Original Assignee: Nicoline Kinch
• Inventors: Kinch, Nicoline
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUTTRAM, ALAN T
• Application Number:
  US13/007,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20120050312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: 345/591, 345/593, 345/597, 345/598, 273/156, 273/157.R, 273/153.S, 434/98, 434/101, 434/104
• US Class Current: 345/593
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0264 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/522 circular colour charts
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/526 for choosing a combination of different colours, e.g. to produce a pleasing effect for an observer
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0023 Colour matching, recognition, analysis, mixture or the like

Abstract

The method is for identifying and selecting a color or a combination of colors. A color sphere (200) is provided that has a first color pocket (238) defined between a first horizontal disc (202) and a second horizontal disc (208) and vertical inserts (212c, 212b) extending between the first horizontal disc and the second horizontal disc. The first horizontal disc has a plurality of organized first spectrum of color cells and the second horizontal disc has a plurality of organized second spectrum of color cells. The first spectrum is gradually lighter than the second spectrum and gradually more gray from a peripheral surface (209) towards an axial opening (232a) of the first horizontal disc and an axial opening (232b) of the second horizontal discs. A first color cell (236) is identified in a first pocket (238).

Claims

1. A method for constructing a physical color sphere device and identifying and selecting a color or a combination of colors, comprising:

providing a first horizontal disc, the first horizontal disc having a plurality of first grooves defined along a first outer periphery of the first horizontal disc,

providing a second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal disc, the second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal discs having second, third, fourth and fifth grooves defined along a second, third, fourth and fifth periphery of the second, third, fourth and fifth discs, respectively,

the first horizontal disc having a first radius, the second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal discs having a second, third, fourth and fifth radius, respectively, the first radius being greater than the second and third radius, the second radius being identical to the third radius, the second radius being greater than the fourth and fifth radius, the fourth radius being identical to the fifth radius,

providing a first vertical insertion, the first vertical insertion being a half-circle having a first round outer surface and a first straight outer surface, the first straight outer surface having first, second, third, fourth and fifth grooves defined therein,

inserting the first groove of the first vertical insertion into one of the first grooves of the first horizontal disc, inserting one of the grooves of the second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal discs into the second, third, fourth and fifth grooves of the first vertical insertion so that the second horizontal disc is above the first horizontal disc, the third horizontal disc is below the first horizontal disc, the fourth horizontal disc is above the second horizontal disc and the fifth horizontal disc is below the third horizontal disc, the first horizontal disc having a plurality of organized first spectrum of color cells and the second horizontal disc having a plurality of organized second spectrum of color cells, the first spectrum being darker than the second spectrum, the first and second horizontal discs being gradually more gray from a peripheral surface towards a first mid-point of the first horizontal disc and a second mid-point of the second horizontal disc, respectively,

the first horizontal disc being axially spaced apart from the second horizontal disc, the third, fourth and fifth horizontal disc having third, fourth and fifth spectrums, respectively,

organizing the color cells of the horizontal discs so that the colors cells only match in a radial direction, horizontal peripheral direction and in a vertical peripheral direction, the radial direction being a direction that is perpendicular to an axial direction,

providing the first horizontal disc with a plane surface being perpendicular to the axial direction, the first horizontal disc having an inner wheel-shaped segment, a middle wheel-shaped segment surrounding the inner wheel-shaped segment, and an outer peripheral wheel-shaped segment surrounding the middle wheel-shaped segment, the inner wheel-shaped segment having color cells with the first amount of gray, the middle wheel-shaped segment having color cells with the second amount of gray and the outer peripheral segment having color cells with the third amount of gray, the first amount being greater than the second amount, the second amount being greater than the third amount,

aligning the first, second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal discs so that the color cells of each horizontal disc match in the axial direction,

inserting vertical insertions into all grooves of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth horizontal discs to form a color sphere having pockets defined between the horizontal discs and the vertical inserts,

looking into a first color pocket and identifying a first color cell of the second horizontal disc inside the first color pocket, and

identifying a second color cell of the first horizontal disc, the second color cell being axially aligned with the first color cell, the second color cell having an amount of gray that is identical to an amount of gray of the first color cell, the second color cell having a color shade that is identical to a color shade of the first color cell, the first color cell being lighter than the second color cell.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the steps of selecting a second color cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the step of placing a white shade at a top and a black shade at a bottom of the color sphere.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the step of making the color sphere open with a plurality of pockets to display color cells disposed inside the peripheral surface within the color sphere.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the step of placing color shades having the greatest intensity in a mid-segment.

6. A method for constructing a physical color sphere device and identifying and selecting a color or a combination of colors, comprising:

providing a first horizontal disc, the first horizontal disc having a plurality of first grooves defined along a first outer periphery of the first horizontal disc,

providing a second and third horizontal disc, the second and third horizontal discs having second and third grooves defined along a second and third periphery of the second and third discs, respectively,

the first horizontal disc having a first radius, the second and third horizontal discs having a second and third radius, respectively, the first radius being greater than the second and third radius, the second radius being identical to the third radius,

providing a first vertical insertion, the first vertical insertion being a half-circle having a first round outer surface and a first straight outer surface, the first straight outer surface having first, second and third grooves defined therein,

inserting the first groove of the first vertical insertion into one of the first grooves of the first horizontal disc, inserting the second groove of the first vertical insertion into one of the grooves of the second horizontal disc and inserting the third groove of the first vertical insertion into one of the grooves of the third horizontal disc so that the second horizontal disc is above the first horizontal disc, the third horizontal disc is below the first horizontal disc, the first horizontal disc having a plurality of organized first spectrum of color cells and the second horizontal disc having a plurality of organized second spectrum of color cells, the first spectrum being darker than the second spectrum, the first and second spectrums being gradually more gray from a peripheral surface towards a first mid-point of the first horizontal disc and a second mid-point of the second horizontal disc, respectively, the first horizontal disc being axially spaced apart from the second horizontal disc,

the third disc having a third spectrum,

organizing the color cells of the horizontal discs so that the colors cells only match in a radial direction, horizontal peripheral direction and in a vertical peripheral direction, the radial direction being a direction that is perpendicular to an axial direction,

providing the first horizontal disc with a plane surface being perpendicular to the axial direction, the first horizontal disc having an inner wheel-shaped segment, a middle wheel-shaped segment surrounding the inner wheel-shaped segment, and an outer peripheral wheel-shaped segment surrounding the middle wheel-shaped segment, the inner wheel-shaped segment having color cells with the first amount of gray, the middle wheel-shaped segment having color cells with the second amount of gray and the outer peripheral segment having color cells with the third amount of gray, the first amount being greater than the second amount, the second amount being greater than the third amount,

aligning the first, second and third horizontal discs so that the color cells of each horizontal disc match in the axial direction,

inserting vertical insertions into all grooves of the first, second and third horizontal discs to form a color sphere having pockets defined between the horizontal discs and the vertical inserts,

looking into a first color pocket and identifying a first color cell of the second horizontal disc inside the first color pocket, and

identifying a second color cell of the first horizontal disc, the second color cell being axially aligned with the first color cell, the second color cell having an amount of gray that is identical to an amount of gray of the first color cell, the second color cell having a color shade that is identical to a color shade of the first color cell, the first color cell being lighter than the second color cell.