| abstract |
A system for, and method of, colour matching and/or identifying colour parameters of articles such as teeth, textiles, paints, dyes, car body repairs, picture restoration, metals and gems and for use in the cosmetics industry. The system comprises means for taking a coloured image of an object, means for relaying the coloured image to a place remote from where the image of the object was taken, means for analysing colour values of the image and means for converting the colour values into parameters from which the original colour of the object can be reconstituted or colour parameters may be cross-referenced and/or recorded over time. |