Color chart and method for the manufacture of such a color chart
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsOlfa Bchir, Fanny Bonnefond, Anne-Catherine Letreulle, Francoise Vincent
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Abstract
A color chart (1) for helping in the choice of a cosmetic product chosen within a range of cosmetic products having different respective hues, the color chart (1) comprising at least one transparent or translucent support (2) and, for at least one of said hues, at least one non-opaque, white-colored layer (5) and at least one non-opaque, colored layer (6), the color of which is close to that of the hue which it is desired to reproduce, superimposed on the white-colored layer (5), the white-colored (5) and colored (6) layers being printed on the transparent or translucent support (2).
Claims18
A color chart for helping in the choice of a cosmetic product chosen within a range of cosmetic products having different respective hues, the color chart comprising at least one transparent or translucent support and, for at least one of said hues, at least one non-opaque, white-colored layer and at least one non-opaque, colored layer superimposed on the white-colored layer such that the difference in colors between the color as it appears on looking at the color chart as a result of the printed layers and a hue of a corresponding cosmetic product of said range of cosmetic products which it is desired to reproduce, expressed as Delta E 2000, is less than 2, the white-colored and colored layers being printed on the transparent or translucent support, the white-colored layer being in contact with the transparent or translucent support, the colored layer being in contact with the white-colored layer and being printed on the white-colored layer.
A method for the manufacture of a color chart for helping in the choice of a cosmetic product chosen within a range of cosmetic products having different respective hues, comprising the following stages, carried out for at least one of said hues:
- a) printing, on a transparent or translucent support and in contact with the transparent or translucent support, a non-opaque white-colored layer, and
- b) printing, on the non-opaque white-colored layer and in contact with the non-opaque white-colored layer, a non-opaque, colored layer, the white-colored layer and the colored layer being printed so as to be superimposed to one another, the color of the colored layer superimposed on the white-colored layer being such that Delta E 2000 between the color of the colored layer superimposed on the white-colored layer and the color of the at least one of said hues is less than 2.
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