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US 4,665,394 AGranted
Color selection apparatus
AssigneeTaubmans Industries Limited
InventorsPeter R. Coles, Stephen G. Costello
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a color selection apparatus for aiding in the selection of colored paints having regard to a preselected color and a particular chromatic relationship. The apparatus, briefly stated, comprises an array of pre-selected colors, means for registering a selected color in the array, means for registering a selected chromatic relationship, and means for determining a color related to the selected color by the selected chromatic relationship.
Claims7
A colour selection apparatus including an array of pre-selected colours and means associated with said array of colours comprising:
- first means for enabling registering and providing corresponding indication of a selected colour from said array, comprising a pair of position co-ordinate means including two sets of switches, each of said sets corresponding to one of said pair of position co-ordinate means, and a first visual indication means for indicating said selected colour, the state of said switches being used to register said selected colour;
- second means for enabling registering of a selected chromatic relationship comprising a further set of switches, each of said further switches adapted to register by their respective states a selected chromatic relationship;
- and third means coordinating said registration by said second means with the registration by said first means to select a pre-determined one or more colours, related to said selected colour by said selected chromatic relationship, and including second visual indication means for indicating said one or more colours.
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