Tektronix, Inc.

Joann M Taylor

Roxanna F Rochat

Novia A Weiman

Paul A McManus

Gerald M Murch

An interface system allows a user to select and control colors used in graphic images generated by a computer system. The interface system employs graphical representations of the hue, chroma, and lightness combinations capable of being rendered by a computer graphics system. In a preferred embodiment, the graphical representation includes a one-dimensional graph (40) depicting the range of hues and a two-dimensional graph (42) depicting the range of chroma and value combinations available for a selected hue. The graphical representations are preferably rendered in accordance with a Hue-Value-Chroma ('HVC') color space (90) having a high degree of perceptual uniformity.

Computer display color control and selection system

A method and apparatus for reversibly transforming color, which is selected from a gamut of colors producible by the primaries of a color display device (20), into a perceptually uniform color space. The coordinates of the color space are readily convertible into internationally accepted standards for color measurement. Also provided, is a method for transforming the color space coordinates of a selected color into the corresponding relative primary intensity levels of the display device (20).

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Joann M Taylor