COATING COLOR IDENTIFYING DEVICE, COATING COLOR IDENTIFYING METHOD, COATING COLOR IDENTIFYING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CONTAINING COATING COLOR IDENTIFYING PROGRAM

摘要

A paint color specifying apparatus of the invention includes an image display which causes a display device to display a digital image such that a highlighted portion and a shaded portion of the digital image are able to be designated, a color information acquiring device which acquires color information of the designated highlighted portion and shaded portion, a texture information selection display which causes the display device to display texture information of paint colors such that texture information of a paint color is selectable, a texture information acquiring device which acquires the selected texture information, a color characteristic calculating device which uses a correction coefficient corresponding to the acquired texture information in accordance with the acquired color information and thereby calculates color characteristics of a paint color represented by change in brightness of reflected light according to a reflection angle with respect to incident light, and a paint color specifying device which specifies a paint color in accordance with the calculated color characteristics.