METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, DISPLAYING, SELECTING, NAMING AND MATCHING COLORS

• US 20120050312A1
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nicoline Kinch
• Original Assignee: Nicoline Kinch
• Inventors: Kinch, Nicoline
• Granted Patent: US 8,681,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/594
• 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

1-4. -4. (canceled)

5. A method for identifying and selecting a color or a combination of colors, comprising:

providing a color sphere (200) having 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 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 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; and

looking into the first color pocket (238) and identifying a first color cell (236) inside the first color pocket (238).

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises the steps of identifying a radial direction (224), a horizontal peripheral direction (226) or a vertical peripheral direction (227) relative to the first color cell and organizing the color cells of the sphere (200).

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises the steps of selecting a second color cell (239, 240, 242).

8. The method according to claim 5 wherein the method further comprises the step of placing a white shade at the top (230) and a black shade at the bottom (228) of the sphere (200).

9. The method according to claim 5 wherein the method further comprises the step of making the sphere (200) open with a plurality of pockets to display color cells disposed inside the peripheral surface (209) within the sphere (200).

10. The method according to claim 5 wherein the method further comprises the step of placing color shades having the greatest intensity in a mid-segment (244).