Abstract: A color chip for mounting on a color card includes a chip substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a printed area including text disposed on the bottom surface of the chip substrate, and an adhesive coating on the bottom surface of the chip substrate. A color card assembly includes a color card having a front surface, a plurality of color chips mounted to the front surface of the color card, wherein each of the color chips includes a chip substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. An adhesive coating is used to couple the bottom surface of each of the color chips to the color card, and an uncoated portion is disposed in an outer peripheral area between the bottom surface of each of the color chips and the color card, wherein the uncoated portion is not coated with the adhesive coating.

Abstract: A colour display system for aiding the selection and combination of colours in colour scheming is described, wherein the system comprises an array (10) of colour sample elements (12) each of a respective colour, the elements being grouped in discrete blocks (14) according to hue, chromaticity and lightness; the colour sample elements of each block all have colours which are within a hue range respective to that block and which have predetermined chromaticity and lightness properties associated with that block (14); the blocks are arranged in at least 3 parallel lines (16) according to their associated chromaticity and lightness properties such that all of the blocks in each line have similar or the same respective associated chromaticity and lightness properties; each line contains M blocks (where 6?M?12) which are arranged in a hue range sequence along the line; within each block the colour sample elements are arranged in a series of hue increments in the direction of the said lines and corresponding to the

Abstract: Embodiments herein include a method, service, apparatus, etc., that receives initial user input comprising natural language commands that identify the initial color selection. The method displays the initial color samples or patches corresponding to the initial color selection in a two-dimensional grid and receives additional user input comprising additional natural language commands and a refined axis selection. The embodiments herein revise the initial color selection to a revised color selection based on a color change magnitude, a color change direction, and a color change property. Then, this method matches the revised color selection to the computer program colors to produce refined matching colors. These refined matching colors are displayed as refined color samples or patches in the two-dimensional grid. The axes of the two-dimensional grid can correspond to the refined axis selection and the assigned names can also be displayed on the graphic user interface.

Abstract: A portable aesthetic component comparison system is provided with a support base, a work surface, a post, and a plurality of carriers. The work surface is provided on the support base. The post is supported by the support base centrally of the work surface. The plurality of carriers are each configured to support at least one aesthetic component, each carrier having an aperture configured to be received over the post for pivotal positioning of one aesthetic component relative to another aesthetic component atop the work surface. A method is also provided.

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.

Abstract: The invention provides an educational globe-like structure for teaching colors and the relationship between different colors, the globe-like structure being arranged to display the interrelationship between colors simultaneously in both longitudinal and latitudinal directions, characterized in that the globe is constructed of at least 15 different colored interlocking toy building blocks, wherein blocks of at least 3 basic colors are disposed around the equator of the globe, and the poles of the globe-like structure are formed, respectively, of 2 further basic colors and the remaining blocks intermediate between the blocks of basic colors represent interim colors between the basic colors.

Abstract: A method for selecting an architectural primer providing highest chromaticity and color development for a given topcoat color. A primer selection system comprising a plurality of selectable gray shade primers, having the capability to overlay a desired topcoat color to visualize color differences of the topcoat color over the various gray shade primers.

Abstract: The color card or display device of the invention has one or more paint color swatches or chips which are removable from a base and are repositionable and adhesively affixable to another substrate remote from the color card or display device. The color card with repositionable paint swatches provides swatches which may be remounted onto furniture, walls, other samples and fabrics to aid the consumer of the color to select the color on the swatch and match it with other colors and the environment for which the color is intended.

Abstract: A paint color card having a substrate with a surface coated with a layer of a colored coating composition formulated to have a dried color that is substantially similar to the dried color of a commercially-available paint composition. The paint color card has a plurality of perforations at least partially defining a chip section that may be detached or folded over to form a window.

Abstract: A method of selecting color of tile grout providing at least one partially transparent card having a first color band thereon, placing the card over an array of tiles with the color band generally overlying the grout and visually comparing the first color band and the tile color to facilitate selecting a grout color. A second color band oriented angularly with respect to the first band may be employed so as to provide a pair of color bands overlying the intersecting grout areas. Corresponding sets of cards are disclosed.

Abstract: An artist's color device includes: (a) a board portion having a paintable upper surface; (b) a flexible, removable, disposable, peel-off upper sheet portion with an adhesive on its lower face, which is removably attachable to the board portion's upper surface; and (c) a number of similarly shaped apertures arranged in spaced apart rows and columns in the upper sheet portion. Also included herein is a method of using an artist's color chart device, including the steps of: (a) painting in the outlined shapes on the board portion, which are exposed by the apertures, with a related series of graduated color values within each column, with a different color series in each of the columns; (b) detaching the upper sheet portion from the board portion and disposing of it; and (c) allowing the painted board portion to dry.

Abstract: A thin, skin-toned pocketed card having two layers of material. The foreground layer of this card is made of a thin transparent material that is printed with images of facial features. To print these images, color is applied to the material starting at the boundary of the image and extending out onto the surrounding material. The transparent portion, not the colored portion of the material, hence defines these images. The background layer of material is uniformly colored to match the foreground layer. When the foreground layer is positioned over the background layer the images of facial features become indistinguishable from the background. The layers are then joined to each other so that open pockets are formed between their adjacent surfaces, and so that one set of facial features is allocated to each pocket. Uniformly sized strips of colored media representing cosmetic colors are inserted into the open pockets.

Abstract: There is implemented a profile producing high in general-purpose properties. A first patch group consisting of patches of which colors are relatively near the saturated color is disposed in front in read order determined beforehand, and a second patch group consisting of patches of which colors are relatively near neutral tints is disposed in the rear.

Abstract: A fan deck display having a case including a center wall joined between a pair of side walls. Each of the side walls has a longitudinal free edge with a plurality of undulations formed therein. A plurality of color strips are movably connected to the case. Each of the color strips has a plurality of color swatches and a free edge with a plurality of undulations formed therein. When the color strips are in a retracted position inside the case, the undulations in the color strips are aligned with the undulations in the free edges.

Abstract: An architectural paint color display system comprises a plurality of displays each having a two dimensional array of architectural paint color samples showing paint colors from only one of a plurality of non-overlapping contiguous portions of a color space. Each of such color space portions is defined as the space of all colors within a band of hues within the color space. Each of said color space portions is exclusively represented by one of the displays, and each of the displays represents only one of said color space portions, such that there is a one-to-one correspondence between displays and color space portions. The paint color samples have in one dimension of the arrays an increasing value and in the other dimension of the arrays an increasing chroma. The displays are preferably arranged in a three-row or six-row matrix. Each row of the matrix displays color space portions in the same sequence that such portions appear in the color space.

Abstract: An instructional crochet apparatus for crocheting a pre-determined design comprises a grid having a plurality of grid blocks arranged and configured in substantially aligned rows and columns. Each alternating row of the grid is off-set from each other row such that each alternating row is substantially aligned with each other. Color indicators disposed on the grid are arranged and configured to define the pre-determined design. Stitch guides comprise crochet stitch directions. Each grid block substantially corresponds to a crochet stitch and the pre-determined design is created in crochet by crochet stitching performed in accordance with the color indicators and the stitch guides.

Abstract: A paper palette for art used for mixing colors and other paints for art or arranging the point of a brush is formed by partially bundling plural pieces of paper. Each of the pieces of paper is colored in two or more tones, which enables one to match the colors delicately and accurately in relation to a color of surroundings or a color applied to a substrate. With this paper palette, one does not have to wash it after use.

Abstract: An objective color nomenclature is disclosed. The objective color nomenclature comprises one or more substrates of flexible material, each being associated with a color. Each substrate has a grid with a plurality of rows and columns. The first column displays a range of tones of the associated color, with each row of the column containing a particular tone. The corresponding row of additional columns contains the relative amounts of selected primary colors which comprise components of the particular tone, the percentages of primary and supplementary colors comprising the tone, and brightness information based on a selected brightness scale. The corresponding row of another column contains a unique identifier for the color, which in the current system is comprised of 361 parts, ranging from 0 to 360, representing the 360 degrees of a circle.

Abstract: A color identification and selection display for use in connection with the retail sale of custom-tinted architectural coatings and paints is based on lightness values or levels and is assembled from a plurality of take-home cards in the form of elongated strips that are placed with their longer axis in horizontal rows, each strip containing a plurality of color fields arranged in stripes separated by narrow neutral bands. Adjacent color stripes in a given row are of closely related hues that preferably decrease in wave length when moving from left to right along any given horizontal row. Since each strip contains a plurality of closely related colors, only one, or perhaps two, take-home cards need be removed to assist in the final selection of the desired color. Each horizontal row includes a family of colors formulated from a single type of base, i.e., a tint base, a pastel base, a deep base or an accent base.

Abstract: A hue comparison device allows to precisely identify each hue by three attributes: hue angle, hue chroma, and hue depth. The device includes a number of hue sheets stacked together in a predetermined sequence. Each hue sheet contains a central standard gray area surrounded by hue blocks arranged in coaxial hue circles. Angular position of each hue block relative to a predetermined reference point on the hue sheet defines the color (i.e., the position of the hue on the spectral scale). The hue blocks of each hue circle are located at equal distance from the central standard gray area of the hue sheet. The hues of each hue circle have a predetermined chroma parameter which increases from a hue circle to the next hue circle in the direction from the center to the periphery of the hue sheet in predetermined increments. The difference in the number of hue blocks between adjacent hue circles equals six (6) hue blocks.

Abstract: A puzzle apparatus for providing a user with a challenging puzzle to solve. The apparatus includes a housing having at least one opening therein, a matrix of shaped color-producing media disposed within the housing, and a plurality of generally interengaged, slidable tiles carrying color-producing media thereon, the tiles being proximate the opening of the housing. A light source radiates light through respective ones of the shaped color-producing media of the matrix, then through respective ones of the color-producing media of the slidable tiles, and then to the eye of the user such that at least some of the light seen by the user has passed through both a color-producing medium in the matrix and a color-producing medium in one of the tiles. The respective color-producing media interact to produce a light color other than that which would have been produced if the light had passed through only one of the color-producing media. The slidable tiles are relatively arrangeable to produce a solution to the puzzle.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining accurate hair color classificatinos and appropriate coloring agents to bring about a selected change of color include a table of hair color classifications, a color measuring instrument to arrive at Hunter L, a and b values for use in identifying a particular classification from the table and a database that identifies appropriate coloring agents based on a selection of coloring actions from a menu and the classifications of hair color.

Abstract: A color display including a display member fabricated of plastic having a domed portion onto which a paint color is applied.

Abstract: The present invention is a book having (a) a front cover, a back cover and a spline, forming an outer portion of a book; (b) a plurality of pages affixed within the outer portion of the book and containing a plurality of words constituting a text; (c) at least one page being a three-dimensional hollow frame structure with its front being at least partially made of see-through material. The frame structure is divided into an upper section and a lower section, separated by a wall having at least one connecting orifice, and containing a trap mechanism at each of said at the connecting orifice, and including a lever functionally connected to the trap mechanism. There is also a plurality of bead-like structures contained within the upper section of said frame structure, having a sufficient shape and size to flow via gravity through the connecting orifice of the upper section to the lower section when a user actuates the lever with the book in a substantially upright position.

Abstract: A painting support comprised of a three-dimensional transparent plastic body that is a molded replica of an object. The interior surface of the mold contains a variety of areas with different surface textures that represent different colors. The different textures are designed to accept different colors of paints. A key code directs a person to paint the areas in specified steps and in certain colors.

Abstract: A color chart includes three or more concentric circles having three, six, twelve or more color areas. The second circle includes three areas aligned with and designated by that of the first circle and further includes three areas located between and formed by the three colors of the first circle. The third circle includes six areas of the second circle and further includes six areas located between and formed by the six areas of the second circle. A center includes a black triangle and a white triangle each having three angles directed to three basic colors respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and Apparatus for determining the color of a foundation makeup comprising a device for measuring the color of the skin on an arm of a person computing and determining the skin color measured and comparing same with a data base containing a palette of reference foundation colors substantially covering a representative sample of a population of given individuals, the data base containing at least the color of the skin for each individual and a reference foundation color associated with one or more of the skin colors in the data base; and determining from the data base the foundation color associated with the skin color to reproduce the skin color in the data base corresponding to the measured skin color of a person.

Abstract: A color reference chips system for plastics has a sheet having a plurality of sets of holes, each set being provided with two holes, a first side of each hole receiving a color chip made of dyed plastic film whereby shade difference between the color chips is perceptible when light is shone from a second side of said hole. A plurality of chips can be bound together and enclosed by a portfolio.

Abstract: A three-dimensional physical model for representing the set of colors reproducible in a given medium by combining three primary colors and a base color. The model consists of a plurality of discrete elements, each representing a distinct color reproducible by combining one or more of the primary colors and base color in a unique proportion. The discrete elements may be physically assembled to form a three-dimensional cuboidal model and disassembled to enable visualization of the interior elements of the model. The model enables development of an intuitive understanding of color theory and facilitates mapping of a selected color from one color medium (such as a computer color monitor) to another color medium (such as a photographic slide).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for illustrating and teaching hair colouring techniques. More particularly, this invention relates to a unique method and apparatus for educating a person on hair colouring procedures, and determining in advance appropriate proportions of hair colouring to be added to the basic hair colour of a person in order to achieve a desired colour effect on the basic hair colour. An apparatus comprising a holder for releasably holding one or more coloured filament swatches; a swatch comprising a group of elongated coloured filaments, held together in parallel relationship with another, and secured together at one end by a filament base.

Abstract: A method of simulating individualized art instruction is provided. The method utilize a CD compact disc playable on a CD-I compact disc player hooked up to a television. Each edition of a compact disc showcases a well-known instructor and background information. The actual instructor does the voice over, giving instructions at each step. Next, a substantially perfectly lit image appears; this image is a view of the object of study (i.e., the model, the still life, the landscape). Then, a completed painting of said object appears, the completed painting having been executed by the instructor. The screens contain step-by-step images of different stages of completion. At each screen, the instructor talks about what he or she is doing and why. The instructor can relate the actual colors and fundamental techniques used.

Abstract: A portable base frame with a lid contains a set of 49 cubes, each cube having a different primary or secondary color on each different face thereof. Twenty-five of the cubes have one black face, and twenty-four have one white face, but none have both a black and a white face. The cubes rest on a framed board area with an odd number of spaces designated thereon for deposit of the cubes thereon, one in each space. Each of the spaces has an aperture under the cube to facilitate pushing the cube up from under the board. The base has foldable legs with a resilient band normally keeping each leg toward the folded position. With the lid removed, the cubes can be arranged in various patterns for different lessons or visual effects.

Abstract: A make-up kit which includes a plurality of overlays positionable one on top of the other with each of the plurality of overlays including make-up information for at least one or more facial features of the human face to illustrate how and where to apply make-up and to describe how to use, apply and select the desired make-up.

Abstract: A board game apparatus, comprising a flat, multi-sided game board having a course of successive playing spaces generally positioned along the periphery thereof, successive ones of the spaces being colored with one of a given plurality of colors, a chance device, operable by a player, for selecting one color of the plurality of colors, a manually operable playing piece for each player participating in the game, for indicating the current spatial position of each player along the course, a plurality of groups of color cards, where all the cards of each group of cards are the same color, and each group of cards being a different one of the plurality of colors; and a plurality of color card folders, at least a portion of each folder being colored a different one of the plurality of colors and having a plurality of compartments defined therein which are dimensioned so as to individually receive color cards therein.

Abstract: A system for displaying and selecting, a process for selecting, and a device for selecting hair dye shades, which allow the consumer to make a knowledgeable and informed hair dye selection. A horizontal or vertical axis along which hair dyes are arranged by similar colors and shades; another axis, perpendicular to the first axis, along which hair dyes are arranged by the length of duration of effect; a hair dye shade selector comprising color samples that each represent the haircolor that will result when hair of a particular color is treated with a particular hair dye are included; on-shelf consumer education and instruction materials regarding hair dye; display system indicators; and packaging indicators.

Abstract: Skin coloration categories are identified based upon blue and yellow undertones of the skin using a color measuring device, developing the Hunter b value, utilizing that value alone to determine which of several categories of skin coloration a subject's skin exhibits. Category selection is made by comparison of measured Hunter b with ranges of Hunter b value of skin color categories. Instrumentation to effect the method includes the color measuring device, a central processing unit (CPU), memory storing the ranges of Hunter b, and an output device such as a printer, LCD, or CRT. The skin color Hunter b is calculated and compared to stored ranges to assign a category. The output device displays the category of skin color based upon the central processing unit's comparison. Colors compatible with skin color categories are identified or formulated based upon broad color family designation, yellow, brown, red, etc.

Abstract: A simple color distinguishing card set is composed of certain mixed color cards and a primary color arrangement card. Each of these mixed color cards is provided with a primary color spot, a plurality of mixed color spots, and a plurality of transparent spots groups or holes groups. The primary color card is provided with a plurality of primary color congregation areas. A specific mixed color may be easily found by means of packing together some or all of these mixed color cards. Reversely, specific primary colors may be obtained by means of placing the respective mixed color card over the primary color arrangement card.

Abstract: A kit and method for testing the color of paints to be applied to painted surfaces having primers or sealers thereon to determine if a paint color matches that of a painted surface. Preferably, the kit comprises a plurality of testing members removably mounted therein or thereon. The testing members have different primers or sealers thereon corresponding to those on different known painted surfaces. When a paint is to be applied to an area of a specific painted surface, the paint is first applied to one of the testing members having thereon the same primer or sealer as that on the painted surface. The painted testing member then is moved to a position adjacent the painted surface to compare the color of the paint on the testing member to that of the painted surface.

Abstract: In the color changing print of this invention, plural areas are printed by using plural types of color changing inks which develop into different colors from the substantially invisible colorless state by reaction with a color changing agent. By the emergence of print from colorlessness and by giving changes in the appearing colors, unexpectedness and entertainingness are provided so that an attractive education may be realized.

Abstract: A device for creating a colored design including transparent light-transmitting receiving wells for receiving and holding colorants, the wells being disposed in a grid-like plate adapted to hold the wells. The device also including a colorant material transfer device for transferring colorant material to the receiving wells. The colorant materials may be liquid or solid materials.

Abstract: An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas (A,B,C) in an adjacent relationship. Each pair of areas provided to receive a first color. Each designated area (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) of each pair having a directional indica towards the adjacent pair of designated areas. Each designated area of each pair being provided to receive a first color with a second color bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs having directional indica towards each other and receive a first color having a common second color bias. The palette having at least three areas (17, 18, 19) positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas to receive a second color. The second color created by combining the first colors having a common second color bias in adjacent designated areas.

Abstract: A demonstrator for demonstrating color combinations of the colors of the background and the lettering of a design. This demonstrator includes a support board, a background sheet resting on the board and having a plurality of spaced identical but differently colored panels which have identical but differently colored panels which have identical transparent letterings, a transparent lettering sheet resting on and slidable relative to the transparent background sheet and having a plurality of spaced identical but differently colored letterings disposed thereon, and a mask overlay sheet resting on the transparent lettering sheet and having a printed mask portion with a plurality of spaced identically shaped clear openings.

Abstract: Kits which allow colors to be identified and thereby communicated by their unique chromatic and/or achromatic characteristics include a number of discrete color plaques. These color plaques are preferably arranged in chromatic and achromatic series such that individual plaques may be combined with other plaques to form a stack so that the collective color characteristics of the stack may be observed visually. In preferred embodiments, the chromatic plaques in the kits will be arranged in rows and columns in order of the individual plaque's color hue and value characteristics. The achromatic plaques, on the other hand, are simularly arranged in columns and/or rows in order of the plaque's particular achromatic value characteristic.

Abstract: A color swatch arrangement for use in selecting colors for four-color offset printing, and a method for creating such an arrangement, involves dividing the visible spectrum into a plurality of distinct hues, and determining the proportions of yellow, red, and blue dot densities needed to create color swatches of each distinct hue. A series of lighter-and-lighter tint swatches associated with each distinct hue are created by reducing each of the yellow, red, and blue dot densities in steps. A series of darker shade swatches is created by adding a proportion of black dot density to each distinct hue and all the stepped lighter tints created from it, and a series of darker-and-darker shade swatches are produced by adding greater proportions of black dot density in stages to all the stepped lighter tints.

Abstract: A color value classification system particularly suited for use in printing procedures based upon the cyan, magenta and yellow primary colors, including both traditional and digital color separation methods, as well as all types of other printing systems. The classification is based upon four groups of five colors each, in which half of the colors are the substan- tial complements of the remaining half. The twenty colors are derived from the blending of the basic primary colors known as process colors in the printing industry.

Abstract: A system for visually determining the hue and value of a paint in transparent container by use of at least one label on said container having color bands that terminate in an edge of the label juxtaposed to the paint for direct side by side comparison.

Abstract: A color value classification system employing a combination of four basic colors and five hues substantially covering the visible spectrum. The specific hues and tints are not equally spaced from the standpoint of wavelength, but are positioned within the visible spectrums to facilitate the making of other hues, increasing or decreasing contrasts, other shades and similar variants. The provision of twenty basic hues and percent tints permits the reproduction of the colors in commercially usable forms including printing inks, transparent color sheets, colored papers, coating materials and paints. Using a relatively small number of color variants, the teaching of color is materially simplified, as in the establishment of simple translation of art copy into forms for convenient replication.

Abstract: In order to overcome difficulties which arise when making conventional color charts and color spaces, a torus-shaped spacial structure is used as base body for the arrangement of color tones.The gray tones are located at the outermost jacket area thereof and the clearest colors are located at the inner jacket area thereof. In the inside of the body, the colors extend through all color tone steps from the clearest up to the gray tones. By means of an iterative method for the arranging of color tones in the torus, it is possible not only to discriminate the color tones for the human eye equidistantly, but also to represent the brown colors reliably.

Abstract: A coloring book or the like is provided with image areas that release an appropriate fragrance upon being colored or painted by the user. Microcapsules that contain fragrance oil for a particular fragrance associated with the image area are deposited on the image area of the substrate. Inert walls of materials such as gelatin restrain the fragrance within the microcapsules until activated. A color dispenser such as a felt tip marking pen is adapted to include a reactive agent that when applied to the image area in the normal course of coloring will cause release of the fragrance by rupturing or otherwise interacting with the microcapsules such as by diffusing into the microcapsules and replacing and releasing the oil. The reactive agent may be a solvent such as an alcohol or ketone or a surfactant contained in an aqueous solution mixed with the normal ink or paint of the marking pen.

Abstract: Colored yarn poms are color coded according to a six digit coding and are arranged in a particular manner to enable color selection for carpets to be performed by designers, architects and the like without actually examining a sample carpet or a portion of carpet. The color poms are arranged in groups of which one pom defines the base color, and the remaining poms in that group are shaded poms, tint poms and tone poms. The triangular layout provides that the base color bunch is at the apex of a right angled triangle with the shades extending down one of the smaller sides of the triangle and the tints extending down the other side with the tones lying between the shades and the tints. The triangle is an isosceles triangle.