System for normalizing, codifying and categorizing color-based product and data based on a universal digital color language

A system for normalizing, codifying and categorizing divergent color systems into a universal color language, comprising:

• a server connected to a communications network for receiving, processing, codifying and categorizing divergent color data from a merchant system, the server comprising:
• a middleware engine to receive a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from said merchant system, and normalizing the data feed into a common format;
• an image segmentation processor to extract image data comprising a plurality of product images from the normalized data feed, and segmenting each product image into a plurality of segments;
• a dominant color processor to analyze each segment to determine a dominant color for said each segment, and determine at least one dominant product color for said each product image based on prevalence of said at least one dominant product color in said each segment;
• a matched color processor to assign to said each product image a hexadecimal code of the universal color language that is closest to a digital hexadecimal value, of said each product image, determined based on color component intensity values of said at least one dominant product color of said each product image;
• a product categorization engine to categorize said each product image into one of a plurality of product categories;
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• a database for storing the data feed, said each product image, said each segment of said each product image, the dominant color for said each segment, said at least one dominant product color for said each product image, the hexadecimal code of said each product image, and the product category of said each product image.