System for selecting and creating composition formulations

A system for selecting composition formulations for a product to be manufactured according to a set of selection criteria comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• a composition formulation database in communication with said computer readable medium representing formulations having at least once composition component for manufacturing products having desirable color characteristics;
• a color display in communication with said computer readable medium;
• and,
• a set of computer readable instructions embodied in said computer readable medium for receiving selection criteria representing desirable properties of a composition formulation for a product to be manufactured, comparing said selection criteria with said color characteristics of said composition formulation database, selecting at least one composition formulation from said composition formulation database having color characteristics within a predetermined range of said selection criteria, and displaying said at least one selected composition formulation to a user via said color display.

A method for selecting a composition component for inclusion in a composition formulation for a product to be manufactured according to a set of selection criteria comprising the steps of:

• providing a set of composition components representing composition components used in composition formulations for manufacturing products having color characteristics;
• receiving said selection criteria representing desirable color characteristics of a product to be manufactured;
• selecting at least one composition component from said set of composition components having color characteristics within a predetermined range of said selection criteria;
• and,
• displaying said at least one selected composition component for viewing on a color corrected display.

A method for selecting a composition formulation for a product to be manufactured according to a set of selection criteria comprising the steps of:

• providing a set of composition formulations representing composition formulations used for manufacturing products having color characteristics;
• receiving said selection criteria representing desirable color characteristics of a product to be manufactured;
• selecting at least one formulation from said set of composition formulations having color characteristics within a predetermined range of said selection criteria;
• and,
• displaying said at least one selected composition formulation for viewing on a color corrected display.