Hybrid look-up parse method and system for color decoding

A method, comprising:

• scanning via a data processing system a data structure comprising a user-maintained list of colors to determine if a particular color within said user-maintained list of colors has been re-defined;
• searching for and identifying said particular color in an alternative data structure comprising a user-specified extensible set of alternative colors, if said particular color has been re-defined;
• and
• automatically parsing said particular color identified in said alternative data structure in order to extract color space information and color value information associated with said particular color;
• processing said particular color variably for translation of said particular color to a known color space, in response to parsing said particular color identified in said alternative data structure;
• and
• translating said particular color to said known color space in order to provide a processed color thereof to a rendering device for rendering a document, thereby enhancing image processing operations involving said particular color when utilized in an imaging data stream.

An apparatus comprising one or more processor readable non-transitory storage devices having a processor readable code embodied on said one or more processor readable non-transitory storage devices, wherein said processor readable code for programming one or more processors performs a method, comprising:

• scanning a data structure comprising a user-maintained list of colors to determine if a particular color within said user-maintained list of colors has been re-defined;
• searching for and identifying said particular color in an alternative data structure comprising a user-specified extensible set of alternative colors, if said particular color has been re-defined;
• and
• automatically parsing said particular color identified in said alternative data structure in order to extract color space information and color value information associated with said particular color and thereby enhance future image-processing operations involving said particular color when utilized in an imaging data stream.