System and method for color management of multiple color devices and color spaces

A colour management system for assisting users to manage colour settings of multiple colour entities, the colour management system comprising:

• a user interface controller for presenting to a user colour relation between the multiple colour entities in accordance with colour relation setting input by the user, the user interface controller comprising:
• a representation controller for presenting to the user representations, each representing each of the multiple colour entities;
• and
• a relation indicator controller for presenting to the user one or more relation indicators indicating the colour relation between the multiple colour entities represented by the representations,
• wherein the relation indicator controller presents the relation indicators as arrow buttons, each arrow button representing a direction of use of colour settings of a corresponding colour entity;
• and
• a colour settings manager for controlling colour settings of the multiple colour entities in accordance with the colour relation setting input by the user so as to assist the user to manage colour settings of the multiple colour entities.

A method for assisting colour management of multiple colour entities, the method comprising the steps of:

• presenting to the user representations, each representing each of the multiple colour entities;
• and
• presenting to the user one or more relation indicators indicating colour relation between the multiple colour entities represented by the representations so as to assist the user to manage colour settings of the multiple colour entities,
• wherein the step of presenting one or more relation indicators comprises the step of presenting to the user the relation indicators as arrow buttons to represent directions of use of colour settings of the multiple colour entities.

A computer program product for use in a colour management system for assisting colour management of multiple colour entities, the computer program product having computer program code embodied in a machine readable medium, said computer program product comprising:

• a module for presenting to the user representations, each representing each of the multiple colour entities;
• and
• a module for presenting to the user one or more relation indicators indicating colour relation between the multiple colour entities represented by the representations so as to assist the user to manage colour settings of the multiple colour entities,
• wherein the module for presenting one or more relation indicators presents to the user the relation indicators as arrow buttons, each arrow button representing a direction of use of colour settings of a corresponding colour entity.

A computer readable memory medium having computer readable program code storing instructions or statements for use, in the execution in a computer, of a method for assisting colour management of multiple colour entities, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

• presenting to the user representations, each representing each of the multiple colour entities;
• and
• presenting to the user one or more relation indicators indicating colour relation between the multiple colour entities represented by the representations so as to assist the user to manage colour settings of the multiple colour entities, and
• wherein the step of presenting one or more relation indicators comprises the step of presenting to the user the relation indicators as arrow buttons to represent directions of use of colour settings of the multiple colour entities.