COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTING THE SELECTION AND COMBINATION OF COLORS IN COLOR DESIGNING, INTERIOR OR OUTER DESIGN PROCESS, METHOD FOR INTERIOR DECORATING OR OUTSIDE SURFACES OF A CONSTRUCTION, AND METHODS OF COLOR DESIGN '

摘要

color display system to assist color selection and matching in color scheme, interior or exterior design process, methods of decorating interior or exterior surfaces of a building and color scheme, collection of color items to decorate a construction space, and retail space to market colorful items. A color display system for assisting color selection and matching in color scheme is described, in which the system comprises an array of color swatch elements each of a respective color, the elements being grouped into discrete blocks according to with hue, chromaticity and luminosity; the color sample elements of each block all have colors that are within a respective hue range of that block and have predetermined chromaticity and lightness properties associated with that block; the blocks are arranged in at least three parallel lines according to their associated chromaticity and lightness properties, such that all blocks in each line have similar or associated associated chromaticity and lightness properties; each line contains m blocks (where 6 243 m 243 12) that are arranged in a sequence of hue strip along the line; Within each block the color sample elements are arranged in a series of hue increments in the direction of said lines and correspond to the sequence of hues of the elements in the visible spectrum, and in a series of brightness increments such that the brightness increases in orthogonal direction; and the angular range of hues in each block, as defined by the cielab color space, varies in size between blocks, such that the blocks containing the 90 degree cielaib hues have a hue angle range of half or less than that half the size of the hue angle range in the blocks containing the 270 degree cielab hue.