Image processing method and system for coloring an image with groups of colors which produce a desired impression

An image processing system for coloring an image, comprising:

• image display means for displaying the image having been filled with a color or just being filled with a color;
• memory means for storing plural color groups, each including plural colors and giving an individually different mental effect or impression, wherein each color group includes plural color sub-groups each containing matched colors from which desired colors may be selectively used;
• area input means for defining one or more areas to be colored with desired colors;
• color input means for:
• selecting a color group from said plural color groups so as to display colors included in the selected color group on said image display means together with the image, the colors contained in each of said sub-groups being displayed as a sequence on said display means, such that a set of displayed sequences shows the colors contained in each of said sub-groups as corresponding to colors contained in other sub-groups;
• and for designating a particular color or colors in one color sub-group while viewing the colors in the selected color group displayed on said image display means;
• and
• coloring processor means for coloring said areas with said particular color or colors designated through said color input means and for coloring the image with corresponding color or colors contained in the sequence of any other color sub-group by selecting said other sub-group.