# US 2014/0198125 A1 · Data-Driven Color Coordinator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0198125 A1 - Document ID: US20140198125A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/161,135 - Filed: 2014-01-22 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2003-11-06 - Assignees: Behr Process Corporation - Inventors: Mary Rose Rice; Damien Reynolds; Marc Webb - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198125A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0643: {graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 16/2455: Query execution - G06F 16/532: Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying - G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising - G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services} - G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services} - G06T 11/10: Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) - G09G 5/06: using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A color selection and coordination system including a database of predetermined color relationships implementing a data-driven color model. A starting color is associated with a first color in the color database. One or more predefined color palettes associated with the first color may be retrieved, each palette including one or more coordinating colors, the coordinating colors being predetermined based on the first color and a color coordination algorithm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a remote computing device having a display device and an input device; and a server communicatively coupled to the remote computing device over the Internet, the server having a database including a plurality of colors each in a predetermined relationship with other colors in the database, the predetermined relationship between colors being based on color theory; wherein the remote computing device is configured to receive a starting paint color for an interior room of a house selected from the plurality of colors via the input device, to determine a plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, and to display on the display device a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating colors, the plurality of coordinating colors including at least one accent color for a decorative item in the interior room of the house. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the decorative item is a fabric. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the decorative item is a piece of furniture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the decorative item is a window treatment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the decorative item is a tile. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the decorative item is a pillow. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the remote computing device is configured to display on the display device a simulated environment showing at least one of the starting paint color on a surface of the interior room of the house and the accent color on the decorative item in the interior room of the house. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the remote computing device is configured to determine the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database by sending the starting paint color to the server and receiving the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color from the server and wherein the server is configured to receive the starting paint color from the remote computing device, to determine the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color using the database, and to transmit the plurality of coordinating colors to the remote computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the remote computing device is configured to display on the display device product information for the starting paint color for use by a consumer when purchasing paint, the product information including at least one of a color name, a number, and a code for the starting paint color. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the database includes a color data structure associated with each color of the plurality of colors, each color data structure including a plurality of coordinating color references each identifying a predetermined coordinating color for the associated color. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein at least one predetermined coordinating color for at least one associated color in the database is predetermined based on human expert input. ### Claim 12 A method comprising: receiving, with an input device of a remote computing device, a selection for a starting paint color for an interior room of a house from a plurality of colors, the remote computing device being communicatively coupled to a server over the Internet, the server having a database including the plurality of colors each in a predetermined relationship with other colors in the database, and the predetermined relationship between colors being based on color theory; determining, with the remote computing device, a plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, the plurality of coordinating colors including at least one accent color for a decorative item in the interior room of the house; and displaying, with a display device of the remote computing device, a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating colors. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the decorative item is a fabric. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the decorative item is a piece of furniture. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the decorative item is a window treatment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the decorative item is a tile. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the decorative item is a pillow. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising displaying, with the display device of the remote computing device, a simulated environment showing at least one of the starting paint color on a surface of the interior room of the house and the accent color on the decorative item in the interior room of the house. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the determining the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database includes sending, with the remote computing device, the starting paint color to the server and receiving, with the remote computing device, the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color from the server, the method further comprising: receiving, with the server, the starting paint color from the remote computing device; determining, with the server, the plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color using the database; and transmitting, with the server, the plurality of coordinating colors to the remote computing device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising displaying, with the display device of the remote computing device, product information for the starting paint color for use by a consumer when purchasing paint, the product information including at least one of a color name, a number, and a code for the starting paint color. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the database includes a color data structure associated with each color of the plurality of colors, each color data structure including a plurality of coordinating color references each identifying a predetermined coordinating color for the associated color. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein at least one predetermined coordinating color for at least one associated color in the database is predetermined based on human expert input. ### Claim 23 A system comprising: a remote computing device having a display device and an input device; and a server communicatively coupled to the remote computing device over the Internet, the server having a database including a plurality of colors each in a predetermined relationship with other colors in the database, the predetermined relationship between colors being based on color theory, and the database including a color data structure associated with each color of the plurality of colors, each color data structure including a plurality of coordinating color references each identifying a predetermined coordinating color for the associated paint color; wherein the remote computing device is configured to receive a starting paint color for an interior room of a house selected from the plurality of colors via the input device, to determine a plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, to display on the display device a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating paint colors, the plurality of coordinating colors including at least one accent color for a decorative item in the interior room of the house. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system of claim 23 wherein the remote computing device is configured to display on the display device product information for the starting paint color for use by a consumer when purchasing paint, the product information including at least one of a color name, a number, and a code for the starting paint color. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The system of claim 24 wherein the remote computing device is accessible to the consumer while the consumer is at a store for purchasing paint. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The system of claim 24 wherein the consumer purchases paint corresponding to the starting paint color. ### Claim 27 A method comprising: receiving, with an input device of a remote computing device, a selection for a starting paint color for an interior room of a house from a plurality of colors, the remote computing device being communicatively coupled to a server over the Internet, the server having a database including the plurality of colors each in a predetermined relationship with other colors in the database, the predetermined relationship between colors being based on color theory, and the database including a color data structure associated with each color of the plurality of paint colors, each color data structure including a plurality of coordinating color references each identifying a predetermined coordinating color for the associated paint color; determining, with the remote computing device, a plurality of coordinating colors for the starting paint color based on data received from the database, the plurality of coordinating colors including at least one accent color for a decorative item in the interior room of the house; and displaying, with a display device of the remote computing device, a color palette including the starting paint color and the plurality of coordinating colors. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27 further comprising displaying, with the display device of the remote computing device, product information for the starting paint color for use by a consumer when purchasing paint, the product information including at least one of a color name, a number, and a code for the starting paint color. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28 wherein the remote computing device is accessible to the consumer while the consumer is at a store for purchasing paint. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28 wherein the consumer purchases paint corresponding to the starting paint color.