Abstract: A portable apparatus for visualizing or practicing a paint color, finish, technique, or texture includes a substrate having a primed first surface and a second surface having means for securing the substrate to a mounting surface, such as a wall. A method for visualizing and practicing a paint color, finish, technique, or texture includes the steps of (a) applying a paint color, finish, technique, or texture to a first surface of the substrate; (b) textually identifying onto the substrate the paint color, finish, technique, or texture applied thereto; (c) securing the substrate to a first portion of the mounting surface; (d) removing the substrate from the mounting surface; and (e) securing the substrate to a second portion of the mounting surface.

Abstract: A self-contained paint color system and method is described comprising a handled carrying box, at least one container of a base color paint, a plurality of containers containing colored tints, and a “matchbook” styled booklet that incorporates coordinated and matching sheets and self-adhesive stickers. When utilizing this paint color selection system and method, a designer can create and select numerous colors utilizing a single kit.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a method for systematically arranging paint color samples for convenient browsing and identification of desired colors by shoppers. Paint color sample cards are arranged on a two-dimensional display surface such that colors of similar hue are categorized or grouped together (e.g., along a column). Groups of paint color sample cards having different base hue or color are arranged such that there is a gradual transition between paint colors from one region to the next region. For instance, the colors of sample cards may gradually change from column to column across a two-dimensional display. Additionally, within each color group, paint color sample cards are arranged from most chromatic to least chromatic colors. Another aspect of the invention provides for accent color sample cards to be displayed adjacent to the various base color groups.

Abstract: A make up kit comprises a base material in which colorants may be mixed to achieve desired hues that may then be applied to a person. The kit may further comprise a mixing dish in which the make up may be mixed and an instructional aide that instructs users on how to mix the make up paints and apply the paints.

Abstract: A set of color gages for assisting in selecting harmonious color combinations in accordance with those found in nature and the method of using such gages. In nature all colors can be classified into one of three groups called Solis, Aero and Aqua. All colors within each one of these three groups are compatible with each other, i.e., appear harmonious to the human eye. In addition, Aero colors are compatible with either Solis or Aqua colors. Solis and Aqua colors are not compatible. The gages are preferably circular, and contain a plurality of colored segments. The colored segments of the color gages are Solis, Aero, and Aqua versions of each of the six colors red, pink, yellow, green, purple, white, brown, and blue, with the exception of Aqua Brown and Solis Blue since these colors do not appear in nature.

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

Abstract: A system and method for the on-site formulation of a personalized hair color maintenance shampoo product. The system and method are used to produce on-site of the salon a hair color maintenance shampoo product which is appropriately tailored to the color and tone of each individual's hair. A database information chart containing formulations of stock colored shampoos is correlated to a pair of sequential axes representative of hair colors and tones. A mixing bottle is provided which is calibrated to the formulations on the chart to obtain a shampoo product tailored to the individual's hair tone and color. The system and method yield a hair color maintenance shampoo personalized to the hair of the individual; eliminates the need to maintain an inordinate stock of pre-mixed hair colored maintenance shampoos and colors; and eliminates the necessity for an individual user to experiment with various stock shampoos.

Abstract: A method which permits the growth of high-quality crystals of n-type II-VI compound semiconductors containing sulfur, by suppressing the reaction of a group III or VII element as a dopant with a group II material at low temperature. A raw material gas containing an organometallic material of the group III or organic material of the group VII is premixed with a raw material gas containing organic sulfur material, then the premixture is mixed with a raw material gas containing an organometallic material of the group II, and the mixture is used to grow a crystal of an n-type II-VI compound semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate by a metal organic vapor phase epitaxial growth method.

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: 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: There is described a painter implement, more particularly a pallet with a base, such as a plate, whereon a plurality of locations for ready-to-use paint are provided, in which at least one receptacle wherein a liquid and/or paste supply can be stored, is mounted on said base, whereby means are provided to connect said receptacle with at least one said locations.

Abstract: An activity toy with which a child may create needle craft like textured designs using plastic or amorphous solid substances. In order to simulate the strands or nubs that create the textured design in neddle crafts a stand supported on a surface holds a screen having mesh spaces extending between the opposed sides of the screen. The stands hold the screen spaced from the surface with one side of the screen facing the child. An extruder for the plastic substance is positioned adjacent the side of the screen away from the child and moved under the screen to force the substance through the mesh spaces to create the needle craft like texture. The extrusion opening is a larger than the mesh spaces so that a mat or backing retains the textured design on the screen. To facilitate the creation of aesthetically pleasing designs, preprinted patterns or outlines are provided on the screen.

Abstract: A premixed basic color media set is disclosed, the basic set including coloring media varying through a spectral range of selected hues, which can be grouped to create palettes of tonally related source colors for use in rendering color compositions by artists. The palettes so created vary through a spectral range of tonal influences. The basic set of coloring media is based on the derivation of a limited number of colors, including a selected group of primary colors, here disclosed as the artist's red, yellow and blue, and those essentially different colors resulting from illumination or toning of these primary colors through a spectral color range of illumination. Physical arrangements of coloring materials and associated color charts are provided to facilitate use of the premixed coloring materials when grouped into tonal palettes.

Abstract: A premixed basic color media set is disclosed, the basic set including coloring media varying through a spectral range of selected hues, which can be grouped to create palettes of tonally related source colors for use in rendering color compositions by artists. The palettes so created vary through a spectral range of tonal influences. The basic set of coloring media is based on the derivation of a limited number of colors, including a selected group of primary colors, here disclosed as the artist's red, yellow and blue, and those essentially different colors resulting from illumination or toning of these primary colors through a spectral color range of illumination. Physical arrangements of coloring materials and associated color charts are provided to facilitate use of the premixed coloring materials when grouped into tonal palettes.