JP6373324B2 - Color chart, computer, server, program - Google Patents

Description

  The embodiment described in this specification relates to a color-related information search support technique that supports a search for information related to a color.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an online shopping system has been developed that allows a user to search for products desired to be purchased on a website and to purchase desired products.
In such a system, by inputting the name of an article such as a shirt or shoes as a search key on a website, various products corresponding to the search key are displayed in a list so that the user can search and view a desired product. It has become.

  Further, on the website of such a system, categories have a tree structure, and a desired category is sequentially selected from a plurality of categories displayed in a list (for example, fashion-ladies fashion-shirt). A group of products of a desired category is displayed in a list, and a favorite product can be searched from among them. In addition, in such a system, it is possible to search for products by price, brand, or the like.

  However, in the conventional system, when a product of a specific color is desired, it is necessary to search for a product of a desired color from among a large number of products displayed as a result of selecting a category (for example, a shirt) such as an article name of the product. There is a problem that it takes time to arrive at a product of your choice.

  This specification aims to provide a color-related information search support technology that supports the search for information related to color.

In the color chart of the present invention, a plurality of types of colors are arranged along two axes of tone and hue, colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order.
The computer of the present invention displays a color chart in which a plurality of types of colors are arranged by two axes of tone and hue, colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order.
The server of the present invention causes a computer to display a color chart in which a plurality of types of colors are arranged by two axes of tone and hue, colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order.
The program of the present invention causes a computer to display a color chart in which a plurality of types of colors are arranged by two axes of tone and hue, colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order.
In the present invention, colors of the same hue are arranged in a vertical row and hues are different, but the same saturation and the same black amount, that is, colors having the same tone may be arranged in a horizontal row.
In the present invention, for each hue, the colors may be arranged from the top in the descending order of saturation, and the colors of the same saturation may be arranged from the top in the descending order of the black amount.
In the present invention, colors of the same hue may be arranged adjacent to each other in a vertical row, and there may be a gap between colors having different saturations.
In the present invention, colors having the same tone may be arranged in a horizontal row with a gap.
In the present invention, in each hue, the intervals between the colors having the same saturation and the black amount of the colors are equally spaced, and the saturation intervals between the different saturation colors arranged in the vertical direction are equally spaced. Also good.
In the present invention, in each hue, the number of colors of the next lowest saturation after a certain saturation may be greater than the number of colors of the certain saturation or the same as the number of colors of the certain saturation.
The present invention is a computer-aided color array display method, which is a Hue-Tone System, PCCS (Practical Color Coordinate System), Munsell color system, NCS (Natural Color System), Ostwald color system, DIN color system. Color display step for arranging and displaying different types of colors on the display unit based on an arrangement rule defined by either the system or the CIE color system, and reference information specified by the user as a filtering reference And a corresponding color information acquisition step for acquiring information indicating a color associated with the reference information in advance from a storage area. In the color display step, display is performed without the filtering. Of the plurality of types of colors, the colors not indicated by the information acquired in the corresponding color information acquisition step are not displayed in an array. Only the color indicated by the information acquired in the corresponding color information acquisition step is arranged and displayed at each position of each color when displayed without the filtering according to the arrangement rule, and the color is displayed without the filtering. The size is displayed in the same size as that of the case.
The present invention is a program for causing a computer to display an array of colors, including a Hue-Tone System, PCCS (Practical Color Co-ordinate System), Munsell color system, NCS (Natural Color System), Ostwald color system, Based on an arrangement rule defined by either the DIN color system or the CIE color system, a color display step for arranging and displaying a plurality of different colors on the display unit, and a user-specified filtering standard A reference information acquisition step for acquiring the reference information, and a corresponding color information acquisition step for acquiring information indicating a color associated with the reference information in advance from a storage area. Of the plurality of types of colors for display without filtering, the corresponding color information acquisition step acquires the color. The colors not shown in the report are not arranged and displayed, and only the colors indicated by the information acquired in the corresponding color information acquisition step are arranged and displayed at the positions of the respective colors when displayed without the filtering according to the arrangement rule. The color is displayed in the same size as the size of the color when displayed without the filtering.

In the present invention, the reference information is preferably a landscape ordinance of any prefecture.
In the present invention, the arrangement rule is Hue-Tone System or PCCS,
The reference information is preferably a tone type.
In the present invention, in the color display step, the display unit displays a plurality of types of colors in the array display area, and an input area for receiving the input of the reference information is displayed around the array display area. Is preferred.
In the present invention, preferably, in the color display step, a plurality of types of colors are arranged and displayed on the display unit on the client terminal, and in the reference information acquisition step, the reference information is acquired from the client terminal.
In the present invention, in the color display step, a plurality of types of colors are arranged and displayed on the display unit on the client terminal, and in the reference information acquisition step, the reference information is acquired from the client terminal and arranged and displayed. A selection color information acquisition step of acquiring a selection color selected by the user from the plurality of types of colors from the client terminal; and an image based on the association information previously linked to the selection color for the client terminal. It is preferable to include a pegging information display step to be displayed.

The present invention is a color-related information search support method by a server that supports search of information related to color by a client terminal, wherein a plurality of types of colors are provided to the client terminal by two axes of tone and hue. A color display step for arranging colors in saturation order for each hue and arranging colors of the same saturation in black quantity order for each hue, and the user from among the plurality of types of colors displayed in an array A selection color information acquisition step of acquiring the selected selected color from the client terminal; a binding information acquisition step of acquiring the binding information pre-linked to the selected color from a storage area; and the binding to the client terminal Association information display step for displaying an image based on the association information acquired in the information acquisition step Relates to color-related information search support method comprising.
The present invention is a color-related information search support method by a server that supports a search for information related to color by a client terminal, wherein a plurality of different colors are assigned to the client terminal based on an array rule. A color display step for array display on a display unit of the terminal, a selection color information acquisition step for acquiring a selection color selected by the user from the plurality of types of colors displayed in an array from the client terminal, and the client terminal An association information display step for displaying an image based on association information pre-associated with the selected color, a reference information acquisition step for acquiring reference information designated by a user as a filtering reference from the client terminal, Color pre-associated with the reference information acquired in the reference information acquisition step A corresponding color information acquisition step of acquiring information indicating from the storage area, and in the color display step, for the client terminal, only the color indicated by the information acquired in the corresponding color information acquisition step is In accordance with an arrangement rule, color-related information search support for displaying an array at each position of each color when displayed without filtering and displaying the color at the same size as the color when displaying without filtering Regarding the method.
The present invention is a color-related information search support method by a server that supports a search for information related to color by a client terminal, wherein a plurality of different colors are arranged on the display unit of the client terminal for the client terminal. A color display step for displaying, a selection color information acquiring step for acquiring a selection color selected by the user from the plurality of types of colors displayed in an array from the client terminal, and a binding associated with the selection color in advance An association information acquisition step for acquiring information from a storage area, an association information display step for causing the client terminal to display an image based on the association information acquired in the association information acquisition step, and color vision for the client terminal. The first cone for feeling red light, the second cone for feeling green light, the blue light C-type color vision person with three third cones for the purpose, sensitivity of the first cone is different from the standard or P-type color vision person without the first cone, and sensitivity of the second cone is the standard And a selection screen display step for displaying a selection screen area that is a D-type color vision person who is different from or without the second cone, and reference information designated by the user as a filtering criterion, A reference information acquisition step for acquiring from the client terminal a selection as to whether the type is a C-type color person, a P-type color person, or a D-type color person, and the reference information acquired in the reference information acquisition step in advance. A corresponding color information acquisition step of acquiring information indicating the associated color from the storage area, and in the color display step, for the client terminal, in the corresponding color information acquisition step When only the color indicated by the obtained information is displayed and the C-type color vision person is selected, the first number of colors is displayed, and when the P-type color vision person is selected, the first number less than the first number is displayed. When two colors and a color set as a color distinguishable by the P-type color senser are displayed and the D-type color senser is selected, a third number of colors less than the first number, and The present invention relates to a color-related information search support method for displaying a color set as a color that can be discriminated by the D-type color vision person.

  The present invention also provides a color-related information search support device that supports a search for information related to color by a client terminal, wherein the client terminal assigns a plurality of types of colors to the client terminal by two axes of tone and hue. The color display unit arranges the colors in order of saturation for each hue and arranges the colors of the same saturation in the order of the black amount, and the user selects from among the plurality of types of colors displayed in an array. The selected color information acquisition unit that acquires the selected selection color from the client terminal, the association information acquisition unit that acquires association information pre-associated with the selection color from a storage area, and the association with the client terminal A color-related information search support apparatus comprising: a link information display unit that displays an image based on the link information acquired by the information acquisition unit. That.

  In the present invention, the associating information acquisition step includes a color section in which a predetermined attribute among the attributes of the colors indicated by the selection color information acquired in the selection color information acquisition step is developed as the associating information. Color association information display step, the association information display step is based on the color slice information obtained in the association information acquisition step, about the color indicated by the selection color information acquired in the selection information acquisition step A plurality of types of colors constituting a color slice are displayed in an array, and the selected color information obtaining step determines whether any one of the plurality of types of colors constituting the color slice to be arranged and displayed is selected by the user. It is preferable that the information shown is acquired as the selected color information.

In the present invention, in the color display step, the server causes the client terminal to arrange the colors of the same hue in a vertical line, and the hues are different but have the same saturation and the same black amount, that is, the same tone. It is preferable to arrange the colors to be arranged in a horizontal row.
In the present invention, in the color display step, the server causes the client terminal to arrange the colors for each hue from the top in the descending order of the saturation and the colors of the same saturation from the top in the descending order of the black amount. It is preferable.
In the present invention, in the color display step, the server may arrange the colors of the same hue adjacent to each other in the vertical direction and leave a gap between colors having different saturations in the client terminal. preferable.
In the present invention, it is preferable that in the color display step, the server arranges colors having the same tone in a horizontal row with a gap in the client terminal.
In the present invention, in the color display step, the server causes the client terminal to make the intervals of black amounts of colors having the same saturation equal to each other for each hue, and to provide different saturations arranged in the vertical direction. It is preferable that the saturation intervals between the colors be equal.
In the present invention, the server acquires equal hue section information indicating a constant hue section corresponding to the selected color as the correlation information in the correlation information acquisition step, and acquires the correlation information in the correlation information display step. Based on the equi-hue cross-section information acquired in the step, the client terminal is arranged to display a plurality of types of colors constituting the equi-hue cross-section of the selected color, and has the same saturation and the same black amount as the selected color. When a hue adjustment unit for arranging a plurality of representative hue colors, that is, a plurality of representative hue colors of the same tone as the selected color, and a color in the hue adjustment unit are selected, the selected representative hue And a tone adjusting unit for displaying a plurality of hue colors between the representative hue and another representative hue that is adjacent to the representative hue and has the same tone as the representative hue. When a color in the hue adjustment unit and the tone adjustment unit is selected and displayed in the same screen as a plurality of types of colors constituting the cross section, the equal hue cross section is updated to the same hue cross section of the selected color, A second selection color information acquisition step for acquiring a user selection color from a plurality of types of colors constituting the equi-hue cross section from the client terminal, and the selection color is linked in advance to the selection color. A second linking information acquisition step for acquiring linking information from the storage area; and a second linking information display step for causing the client terminal to display an image based on the linking information acquired in the second linking information acquisition step. It is preferable to provide.

In the present invention, when the server displays the association information to the client terminal in the association information display step, the server displays the association information with the color associated with the association information on the array display. When a color shift button for enabling display switching to the associated information associated with the adjacent color is displayed and an operation input to the color shift button by the user is received, the selected color shift It is preferable to switch the display to the pegging information linked to the color adjacent to the direction specified by the button.

In the present invention, in the association information acquisition step, the server acquires image information as association information preliminarily associated with the selection color acquired in the selection color information acquisition step, and the association information display step. Then, it is preferable that the client terminal displays an image based on the image information acquired in the association information acquisition step in a balloon pointing to the selected color acquired in the selected color information acquisition step.
In the present invention, in the association information display step, the server, as the color coordinates of the selection color acquired in the selection color information acquisition step, in the balloon, for the client terminal, hue, saturation, black amount It is preferable to display each value.
In the present invention, it is preferable that, in the association information display step, the server causes the client terminal to display at least a part of the balloon over the plurality of types of colors to be arranged and displayed.
In the present invention, when the server associates a plurality of product information with the selected color as the association information acquired in the association information acquisition step, the association information display step When a plurality of speech balloons are displayed in a superimposed manner, one of the product information is displayed in the topmost speech balloon, and selection of the speech balloon by a user is acquired from the client terminal, the client terminal It is preferable that the lower balloon is displayed at the top and other product information is displayed in the balloon.

In the present invention, the server obtains reference information specified by a user as a filtering reference from the client terminal, and a reference information acquired in the reference information acquisition step in advance. A corresponding color information acquisition step of acquiring information indicating the associated color from the storage area, and in the color display step, the server provides the client terminal with the corresponding color information acquisition step. According to the arrangement rule when displaying only the color indicated by the acquired information without filtering, the color is displayed at each position of each color when displaying without filtering, and the color is displayed without filtering. It is preferable to display in the same size as the size of the color in the case.
In the present invention, the type of color vision for the client terminal is a first cone for feeling red light, a second cone for feeling green light, and a third cone for feeling blue light. C-type color sensation person having three, P-type color sensation person having a sensitivity different from the reference or having no first cone, and the second cone having a sensitivity different from the reference or the second cone A selection screen display step of displaying a selection screen area as to whether the D-type color vision person has no body. In the reference information acquisition step, as the reference information, the color vision type is the C-type color vision person, A selection as to whether the user is a P-type color person or the D-type color person is acquired from the client terminal, and in the color display step, the information acquired in the corresponding color information acquisition step for the client terminal Display only the color indicated by When the C-type color person is selected, the first number of colors is displayed. When the P-type color person is selected, the second number less than the first number, and the P-type color person is When a color set as a distinguishable color is displayed and the D-type color vision person is selected, a third number smaller than the first number and a color that can be distinguished by the D-type color vision person are set The displayed color is preferably displayed.

  In the present invention, the reference information preferably includes at least one of sensitivity word, landscape ordinance, tone type, person name, company name, place name, product name, service name, natural object, and color name. .

  In the present invention, the reference information includes a color value range designated by a user, and the server causes the client terminal to display only colors belonging to the color value range in the color display step. Is preferred.

In the present invention, the server further includes a range selection information acquisition step for acquiring from the client terminal a selection range that is a selection range designated by a user by a drag operation of the cursor and includes a plurality of colors. In the color display step, the client terminal is made to surround the selection range with a line, a balloon pointing to the selection range is displayed, and the selection range is enlarged and displayed in the balloon. It is preferable that a plurality of types of colors included in the selection range to be displayed are arranged and displayed in a subdivided number of divisions before enlargement.

  In the present invention, the server further includes a range selection information acquisition step for acquiring from the client terminal a selection range that is a selection range designated by a user by a drag operation of the cursor and includes a plurality of colors. In the color display step, the client terminal is made to surround the selection range with a line, a balloon pointing to the selection range is displayed, and the selection range is enlarged and displayed in the balloon. It is preferable that a plurality of types of colors included in the selection range to be displayed are arranged and displayed in a subdivided number of divisions before enlargement.

  In the present invention, in the association information display step, when a user selects an image to be displayed, a link for enabling access to a link destination related to the association information corresponding to the image is set in the image. An identification information acquisition step for acquiring user identification information, and a selection history storage control step for storing the link destination selection history by the user in a predetermined storage area in association with the user identification information. Is preferred.

  In the present invention, the association information displayed in the association information display step is divided into at least one of a plurality of predetermined categories, and the user desires to view the association information among the plurality of categories. A category setting information acquisition step for acquiring category setting information that defines a category to be performed, wherein the association information display step includes the association associated with the category defined by the category setting information acquired in the category setting information acquisition step It is preferable to display only information.

In the present invention, in the association information display step, when the user selects an image to be displayed, the server sets a link for enabling access to a link destination related to the association information corresponding to the image. When the link is selected by the user, the link information corresponding to the link is linked to a color having a predetermined relationship recommended by color coordination with the color to which the link is linked. It is preferable that the association information is also displayed on the client terminal together with the link destination information.

  In the present invention, in the association information display step, when a user selects an image to be displayed, a link for enabling access to a link destination related to the association information corresponding to the image is set in the image. When the link is selected by the user, the link information corresponding to the category indicated by the link information corresponding to the link and the category having a predetermined relevance, and the link information corresponding to the link is linked It is preferable that the association information associated with a color having a predetermined relationship recommended for color coordination with the color being displayed is also displayed together with the link destination information.

  In the present invention, the association information display step sets, in the image, a link for enabling access to a product purchase page related to the association information corresponding to the image when the user selects an image to be displayed. Yes, an identification information acquisition step for acquiring user identification information, and a purchase history storage control step for storing a purchase history on the product purchase page by the user in a predetermined storage area in association with the user identification information. In addition, it is preferable to display association information associated with a color that has a relationship recommended in color coordination with the product indicated by the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage control step.

It is a figure which shows a color related information search assistance system. It is a functional block diagram of a server. It is a figure which shows the data structure of color DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of tied information DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of purchase history DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of link destination selection log | history DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of color coordination DB. It is a figure which shows the data structure of goods coordination DB. It is a figure which shows a search screen. It is an enlarged view of the color arranged and displayed by the Hue-Tone system. It is a figure which shows a goods purchase page. It is a figure which shows a login screen. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. The enlarged view of an equi-hue cross section. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 5th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 6th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the search screen of 8th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of a color relevant-information search assistance process. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the color relevant-information search assistance process of 9th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the bar graph of the information linked | related with each color in a modification. It is a figure which shows the display method of the tied information of a modification.

Each embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a color related information search support system 100 (hereinafter referred to as support system 100).
The support system 100 includes a server 1 (color-related information search device) and a client PC 2 (PC: Personal Computer). The server 1 and the client PC 2 are connected to each other via a network N such as the Internet so that data communication is possible.

  The server 1 displays on the display of the client PC 2 via the network N a search screen 500 (FIG. 9) as a web page on which information relating to a desired color can be searched. The search screen 500 can be used for online shopping in this embodiment.

  The server 1 displays, for example, hundreds or thousands of types of color information on the search screen 500 using a Hue-Tone system having two axes of hue (Hue) and tone (Tone). When the user selects a desired color on the client PC 2, the server 1 displays the association information associated with the selected color, for example, product information (for example, product image) of the selected color in the database. When purchasing product information displayed when a color is selected, the user can purchase the product information by selecting the product information.

  The Hue-Tone system is a color system that is conscious of color harmony. A tone is a combined concept of lightness and saturation, and represents the color tone. In the Hue-Tone system that expresses colors by hue and tone, colors belonging to the same tone series have a common emotional effect even if the hues are different.

  By the way, when the server 1 acquires information indicating the user operation on the web browser of the client PC 2 from the client PC 2, the server 1 executes processing corresponding to the user operation on the web browser of the client PC 2 by executing the server software and the web application. I do. When the user selects a desired color on the search screen 500 on the web browser of the client PC 2, the server 1 generates a new HTML file (HTML: HyperText Markup Language) as the search screen 500 according to the selected color. Is transmitted to the client PC 2.

  The client PC 2 updates the search screen 500 on the web browser based on the HTML file acquired from the server 1 and displays the association information (for example, product image) of the selected color. Of course, the screen area updated based on the information transmitted from the server 1 does not necessarily need to be the entire search screen 500, and only the part that is changed with respect to the immediately preceding screen may be updated and displayed.

  The server 1 executes various programs and databases, a memory 11 and an HDD 12 (Hard Disk Drive) that store information necessary for providing the search screen 500, and various programs by executing programs stored in the memory 11 and the HDD 12. A processor 13 for realizing the functions and an ASIC 14 (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) are provided. The ASIC 14 may realize part or all of the processing realized by the processor 13. The server 1 may download a program executed by the processor 13 from a device other than the server 1 (for example, the client PC 2 or another server not shown) via the network N as necessary.

  Further, the information in the database does not necessarily have to be stored in the memory 11 and the HDD 12 as a group of data as a data table. As a result, it is sufficient that the necessary information can be referred to. It may be divided into data groups and individually stored in the memory 11 or the HDD 12. Also, some or all of the various databases used for various processes in the server 1 do not necessarily need to be stored in the storage device provided in the server 1, as long as data can be acquired by the server 1 as a result. It is also possible to acquire data as needed from a data server (not shown) connected to the network so as to be communicable with each other.

  The client PC 2 displays a search screen 500 provided by the server 1 via a web browser. The user can view associated information such as product information associated with the color by selecting an appropriate color from the plurality of types of colors displayed on the search screen 500.

  The client PC 2 includes an operation input unit 21 such as a keyboard and a mouse that receives user operation inputs, a display unit 22 such as a display for displaying images, a memory 23, an HDD 24, a processor 25, and an ASIC 26. The functions of the memory 23, HDD 24, processor 25, and ASIC 26 are the same as the functions of the memory 11, HDD 12, processor 13, and ASIC 14 of the server 1.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the server 1.
The server 1 includes a color DB 91 (DB: DataBase), an association information DB 92, a purchase history DB 93, a link destination selection history DB 94, a color coordination DB 95, a category coordination DB 96, a color display unit 31, a selected color information acquisition unit 32, and an association information acquisition unit. 33, association information display unit 34, identification information acquisition unit 35, purchase history storage control unit 36, target division number information acquisition unit 37, range selection information acquisition unit 38, category setting information acquisition unit 39, reference information acquisition unit 40, correspondence A color information acquisition unit 41, a color vision type information acquisition unit 42, an effective color information acquisition unit 43, and a selection history storage control unit 44 are provided. Each functional unit 31 to 44 is a function realized by the processor 13 reading a program in the memory 11 and the HDD 12.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the color DB 91.
In the color DB 91, color coordinates (color values) of each color in the Hue-Tone system are associated with Munsell coordinates used for controlling the display unit 22 and the like. In the Hue-Tone system, each color is expressed as Hue, Saturation (equivalent to saturation), and Lightness (equivalent to lightness). In the present embodiment, the color DB 91 includes a data group having about 3000 colors and a data group having about 500 colors.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the association information DB 92.
In the association information DB 92, for each color coordinate in the Hue-Tone system, color coordinates in the Lab color system, color coordinates in the Munsell color system, color vision type information for universal design, information on various products, and the like are associated information. It is tied. When the hue coordinate of the Hue-Tone system is 25-6-7, it means that the hue is 25, Saturation is 6, and lightness is 7.

  The color vision type information indicates that the color associated with the color vision type information indicates that each C-type color person, P-type color person, and D-type color person does not confuse this color with another color. It is information indicating whether or not identification is possible. There are three types of cones, which are photoreceptor cells of the retina: a cone that mainly feels red light, a cone that mainly feels green light, and a cone that mainly feels blue light. A C-type color vision person refers to a person who has all three cones. Since the C-type color vision person can identify all the colors of each color coordinate in the Hue-Tone system, information indicating that the C-type color vision person can be identified is associated with all the colors of each color coordinate.

  A P-type color vision person refers to a person who does not have a cone that mainly feels red light, or the light that the cone can feel is light closer to green than red. A D-type color vision person refers to a person who does not have a cone that mainly feels green light, or the light that the cone can feel is lighter in red than green. P-type and D-type color sensers are difficult to distinguish one color from another, for example, orange is difficult to distinguish from brown. Therefore, information (P-type and D-type in FIG. 3) indicating that the color is distinguishable by the P-type and D-type color persons is associated only with the colors that can be distinguished by the P-type and D-type color persons. Yes.

  A plurality of product information may be associated with one color coordinate of the Hue-Tone system, such as color coordinates 25-6-7 and 25-6-8 in FIG. 4 (color coordinates 25-6). -7 is associated with 4 product information, and color coordinates 25-6-8 are associated with 2 product information). The product information includes a product ID (ID: Identification), a product image (in FIG. 3, the product image ID is displayed, image information), a large product category (for example, coloring material, sheet construction tool, clothes, stationery, electrical product) ..), small categories (for example, decorative sheets, paint, tiles, curtains, paints, crayons, magic, wallpaper, printing ink, sheet construction tools below the color material, crimping spatula, cutter knife, scraper, Rivet brush, sheet winding / unwinding roller, curing tape, shirt underneath clothing, tie, hat, shoes, mechanical pencil under stationery, eraser), product number, dealer, texture (surface texture, feel) Etc. In addition to the coloring material and the coloring material, the coloring material includes outdoor and indoor decorative members (in addition to decorative sheets, wallpaper, curtains and tiles). )

  In the association information DB 92, when the user selects an image to be displayed with respect to the color coordinates of the Hue-Tone system, a link destination URL for enabling access to a link destination associated with the association information corresponding to the image is associated. It has been. The link destination is, for example, a product purchase page 600 (FIG. 11) that displays a detailed description of the product or enables purchase / reservation of the product. In this embodiment, as an example, the web page is provided by the server 1 as an example. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, a plurality of web servers cooperate with each other to send the web page to the client PC 2. May be provided.

  In the associating information DB 92, for each color coordinate in the Hue-Tone system, equal hue section information indicating an equal hue section (FIG. 16) corresponding to the hue of each color coordinate is associated. The equi-hue cross section information will be described later. Further, in the association information DB 92, for each color coordinate, various information indicating the characteristics of each color such as a sensitivity word (cute, cool, beautiful, cool ...) and tone type (pale tone, light grayish tone ...). Are associated with information on whether or not the landscape ordinance of each prefecture can be used.

  Such product information may be registered in the association information DB 92 of the server 2 by a user who wants to sell the product via the support system 100 by manual input on the client PC 2 or the like. When associating product images as product information, the color value of the product is measured with a side color device, and the color coordinates in the Lab color system and the Hue-Tone system color coordinates associated with the color coordinates in the Munsell color system are measured You may link merchandise information. Alternatively, the user may send a product image together with product information to the server 1, the server 1 may analyze the product image, and link the product information and the color coordinates of the product in the Hue-Tone system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the purchase history DB 93.
The server 1 acquires a user ID when the user proceeds to the product purchase page 600 and logs in or inputs user information. Then, the server 1 establishes a purchase history DB 93 by associating each user ID with the product ID of the product selected and purchased by the user on the search screen 500 or the product purchase page 600 and the purchase date.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the link destination selection history DB 94.
In the link destination selection history DB 94, the link destination set for the image with the link selected by the user, the image selection date, and the above-described user ID are associated with each other.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the color coordination DB 95.
In the color coordination DB 95, a color having a predetermined relationship recommended for color coordination is associated with each color in the Hue-Tone system. The predetermined relationship recommended for color coordination means, for example, a relationship of the same hue or a relationship of the same tone on the Hue-Tone system. In FIG. 7, one recommended color is associated with one target color, but one or more recommended colors may be associated with a plurality of target colors.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the category coordination DB 96.
In the category coordination DB 96, each small category is associated with a degree of association with another small category. For example, the degree of association with “tile” is set to 5 for the small category “decoration sheet”. A higher relevance value indicates higher relevance.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a search screen 500. Specifically, FIG. 9 shows a state where the color search button 503 is pressed and dropped down.
The color display unit 31 (FIG. 2) displays on the client PC 2 a search screen 500 on which a plurality of different colors are arranged and displayed. Specifically, the color display unit 31 generates an HTML file that displays the search screen 500 as a web page. When the client PC 2 acquires and analyzes this HTML file, the search screen 500 is displayed on the web browser of the client PC 2.

  In the central part of the search screen 500, there is an array display unit 50 of a plurality of types of colors. The color display unit 31 has about 3000 chromatic colors in the setting of FIG. 9 in the arrangement display unit 50 by the Hue-Tone system having two axes of hue and tone based on the color DB 91. Display the array. Further, several achromatic colors are displayed on the right side of the chromatic color in FIG.

  The individual shapes of these chromatic and achromatic colors are displayed in a rectangular shape, for example. In the chromatic color, the gaps are displayed at equal intervals in the horizontal direction. Each adjacent color has a different hue. The hue changes from the left-hand side to the right-hand side in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Hue coordinates (Hue) from 01 to 48 along the horizontal direction are assigned to the topmost colors. The hue coordinate of each color in the vertical row of hue coordinates 01 is 01. Below these hue coordinates, hue coordinates in the Munsell color system are displayed (FIG. 10, 2.5RP, 5RP, 7.5RP,...).

  Each color in the vertical direction is divided into a plurality of blocks (a block with the numeral 9 and a block with the numeral 8), and the blocks are arranged at equal intervals with a gap in the vertical direction. Each block is given a saturation from 9 to 0.5. The upper block has higher Saturation, and the lower block has lower Saturation. Each color in each block is given lightness.

  In FIG. 10, 9-1 immediately below the character “Saturation” indicates 9 for Saturation and 1 for lightness. The lower block contains many colors with the same Saturation but different lightness. In this embodiment, there are 48 for Hue and 10 for Tone, for example. In this embodiment, there are three Saturation 9 colors, four Saturation 8 colors, five Saturation 7 and 6 colors, six Saturation 5 colors, seven Saturation 4 and three colors, Saturation 2, 1, There are 8 colors of 0 and 5. The colors within each Saturation in the same hue are perceptually spaced in lightness. Saturation is also perceptually set at equal intervals. That is, in colors having the same lightness in a certain hue, colors having different saturation are perceptually spaced apart. For example, the difference between 04-8-7 (Saturation 8, lightness 7) and 04-7-7 (Saturation 7, lightness 7) is 04-7-7 (Saturation 7, lightness 7) and 04-6- It is equal to the color saturation of 7 (Saturation 6, lightness 7).

  In FIG. 9, in the second Saturation 1 block from the bottom, the same Saturation columns are arranged in the horizontal direction at discrete hue intervals. In the lowermost Saturation 0.5 block, the same Saturation column is arranged with a more discrete hue interval than the second Saturation 1 block from the bottom.

  Seventeen achromatic colors are arranged in a vertical line on the right-hand side of the chromatic color group. The achromatic color is brighter and whitish as it is on the upper side, darker as it is on the lower side, and approaches black. An achromatic color has only lightness because it does not have hue and saturation. In the achromatic color, as shown in FIG. 10, the lightness is 1, 2,... 17 from the color above, and these values are D-1, D-2,. Is displayed. The indication “D-” added to the head of the value of Lightness indicates that the achromatic color does not have Hue and Saturation, and therefore the color does not have Hue and Saturation. In each achromatic color, the lightness values of Munsell coordinates are displayed as N-9.5, N-9.0, N-8.5, and N-1.5 to the right of the Hue-Tone color coordinates. The indication “N-” also indicates that the color has no hue or saturation.

  In FIG. 9, there are a word search window 501 and a search button 502 at the top of the search screen 500. On the left side of the search screen 500 are a color search button 503, a category search button 504, a screening button 505, a universal button 506, and an archive / library button 507. In a state where the color search button 503 is dropped down, radio buttons 503A to 503I for selecting a search method, a search result, the number of colors, and a coordination method are displayed. In FIG. 9, these settings are set to default settings.

  The search method is set to a normal search in which a search result is displayed as soon as a color displayed in an array is selected. The hue section display and the shift image display prepared as other search methods will be described later. As for the search result, the radio button 503D of the thumbnail image is checked, and the thumbnail images A1 to A4 are displayed as shown in FIG. If the product product number radio button 503E is checked, the product product number is displayed when a color (19-2-9) displayed in an array is selected, as shown by reference numeral B in FIG.

  For the number of colors arranged and displayed in the arrangement display section 50, a radio button 503F for setting 3000 colors is checked. The case where 500 colors are selected as the number of colors displayed in an array will be described later. The coordination method will be described later.

  The selected color information acquisition unit 32 determines which of the plurality of types of colors displayed in an array from the client PC 2 is selected by the user by the user selecting one of the colors in the array display unit 50. The selected color information indicating is acquired. In the present embodiment, the selection color information acquisition unit 32 acquires selection color information indicating Hue 25, Saturation 6, and lightness 7, as shown in FIGS. In the search screen 500 displayed by the client PC 2, the edge of the rectangular color region selected by the cursor is surrounded by a frame and highlighted.

  Further, the selection color information acquisition unit 32 acquires setting information in which the search result is a thumbnail image. The selected color information acquisition unit 32 may acquire the selected color information from the client PC 2 when the user moves the cursor to the array-displayed color and clicks the mouse or the like, or the cursor is displayed on the array-displayed color. , The selected color information may be acquired from the client PC 2 without clicking.

  The associating information acquisition unit 33 acquires associating information previously associated with the selection color information acquired by the selection color information acquisition unit 32 from the associating information DB 92. In the example of FIG. 9, the association information acquisition unit 33 includes, as association information associated with the color coordinates 25-6-7, images 25671A to 25674A of product IDs 25671 to ID25674, links of the product purchase page 600, and “OO” Product information such as a product number such as “Company A-103” is acquired from the association information DB 92.

  The association information display unit 34 transmits the association information acquired by the association information acquisition unit 33 to the client PC 2, whereby thumbnail images A1 to A4 based on the association information acquired by the association information acquisition unit 33 for the client PC 2. Is displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the association information display unit 34 displays, on the client PC 2, thumbnails of product images of decoration sheets, paints, tiles, and curtains associated with the color coordinates 25-6-7 in the association information DB 92. Let

  Since these decorative sheets, paints, tiles, and curtains have the same color, according to this embodiment, the user simply calls a product group having a desired color simply by selecting a color in the array display unit 50. You can easily get to the product of your favorite color.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the product image associated with the selected color is a decorative sheet, paint, tile, or curtain of the category “coloring material” has been described. However, the shirt of the category “clothing” is selected as the selected color. When product images of ties, socks, and hats are linked, product images and product information such as shirts, ties, socks, and hats are displayed in a balloon in FIG.

  The association information display unit 34 displays the product item number such as “OO company A-103” as the association information as shown in FIG. 9 when acquiring the setting information with the search result as the product item number from the client PC 2 side.

  In addition, the association information display unit 34 displays, on the client PC 2, a thumbnail image based on the product image, an image such as a product part number, and the like (25-6- Display in association with 7). Specifically, the association information display unit 34 displays the association information such as the thumbnail images A1 to A4 while displaying the correspondence with the color indicated by the selected color information, such as a balloon display. Further, the association information display unit 34 overlaps an image based on the association information with a part of an area (a substantially rectangular area formed by a block group of Saturation coordinates 9 to 2) in which a plurality of types of colors are arranged and displayed. Display.

  Here, in the conventional online shopping system, one of the problems is that there are many returns because the actual color of the purchased product is different from the color of the product displayed on the user's display. In order to deal with such a problem, in the present embodiment, the association information display unit 34 displays the color coordinates 25-6-7 as the selected color information in characters in the balloon. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the user can see the color chart having the same color coordinates as the color coordinates of the selected color by preparing the color chart of the Hue-Tone system in advance, and can grasp the color of the purchased product. In addition, this makes it possible to reduce returns due to the fact that the color of the purchased product is different from the color on the display.

  The association information display unit 34 displays the product product number in a balloon when acquiring the setting information with the search result as the product product number from the client PC 2 side, but when a plurality of product information is associated with the selected color, As shown in FIG. 9, balloons are displayed in an overlapping manner. In this case, the user can browse the contents of the lower balloon by, for example, one-clicking on the balloon.

In the present embodiment, a separate screen may be opened with a plurality of types of colors displayed in an array, and association information such as thumbnail images A1 to A4 may be displayed on the separate screen.
When the user selects an image to be displayed, the association information display unit 34 sets a link for enabling access to a link destination related to the association information corresponding to the image. Specifically, the association information display unit 34 sets the link of the product purchase page 600 to the thumbnail images A1 to A4 and the display image of the product product number.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a product purchase page 600.
When the user selects the thumbnail images A1 to A4 or the balloon image of the product part number by double-clicking or the like, the client PC 2 accesses the link destination set in any of the thumbnail images A1 to A4 or the balloon image. The link destination is a web page provided by the server 1 in this embodiment, and is the product purchase page 600 of the thumbnail images A1 to A4 selected on the search screen 500.

The product purchase page 600 includes a product image 601 of the selected thumbnail images A1 to A4, a price / purchase quantity input box 602, and a cash register progress button 603.
As described above, when the user selects the images (thumbnail images A1 to A4) to be displayed on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 is linked to the link destinations associated with the association information corresponding to the images A1 to A4 ( A link for enabling access to the product purchase page 600) is set in the images A1 to A4. When the link (thumbnail images A1 to A4) is selected by the user, the association information display unit 34 is based on the color coordination DB 95 and is associated with the color associated with the association information corresponding to the link (for example, 25-6 -7) and linked information (product images 604 to 606) linked to colors having a predetermined relationship recommended for color coordination with the linked information (information for product purchase on the product purchase page 600) Display together.

  That is, for example, when the thumbnail image A1 is selected on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 has the same tone and the same hue on the Hue-Tone system and is recommended for color coordination. First, the color coordination DB 95 is searched for the color in the color. Subsequently, the association information display unit 34 searches the association information DB 92 for the product of the searched color. Then, the association information display unit 34 displays the thumbnail image A1 and the images of the thumbnail image A1 and the images 604 to 606 of the products recommended in color coordination together with information for purchasing the products on the product purchase page 600. To do.

  At this time, when the category coordinate radio box 503I is checked in the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 displays the link when the user selects the link (thumbnail images A1 to A4). The color (for example, 25-6) that is the association information corresponding to the category (the large category or the small category) indicated by the corresponding association information and the association information corresponding to the category having the predetermined relationship. -7) and linked information (product images 604 to 606) linked to a color (for example, blue) having a predetermined relationship recommended in color coordination with the linked information (product purchase page 600 on the product purchase page 600) Information).

  That is, when the thumbnail image A1 is selected on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 selects, for example, a small category (eg, tile, curtain, paint) highly related to the small category “decoration sheet” of the thumbnail image A1. Search based on the category coordination DB 96. Subsequently, the association information display unit 34 recommends the relationship (same as color coordination with the color of the thumbnail image A1 on the condition that the product is associated with the small category highly related to the small category of the thumbnail image A1). A product associated with a color in a tone or the same hue is searched in the association information DB 92, and images 604 to 606 of the product are displayed on the product purchase page 600.

  The association information display unit 34 displays purchase buttons 607 to 609 that make the product available for purchase below the coordinated recommended product images 604 to 606. In addition, the association information display unit 34 displays images 604 to 606 of the product most recommended in terms of coordinates on the product purchase page 600 and displays the feed buttons 610 and 611, and coordinates the images next to the images 604 to 606. Recommended products are displayed when the feed buttons 610 and 611 are selected.

If the user likes the product image 601 selected on the search screen 500, the user can purchase the product by pressing the cash register progress button 603. That is, when the cashier progress button 603 is selected, the identification information acquisition unit 35 first displays the login screen 650 of FIG. 12 and acquires the user identification information.
Then, the association information display unit 34 displays a product purchase page (not shown) for the user to select a destination and a payment method. When the user performs a product purchase procedure on the product purchase page, the server 1 completes the user's product purchase procedure. Thereby, the user can purchase the product.

Here, the purchase history storage control unit 36 stores the purchase history on the product purchase page 600 by the user in association with the identification information of the user in a predetermined storage area (purchase history DB 93).
When the purchase history coordination radio button 503J is checked on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 is not the color of the thumbnail image A1 selected on the search screen 500, but the purchase history storage control unit 36. The product information of the color recommended in color coordination is retrieved from the association information DB 92 by searching the product information of the color recommended in color coordination with the color of the product indicated by the purchase history stored in the purchase history DB 93. 606 is displayed.
Other functional units 37 to 44 of the server 1 will be described in each embodiment described later.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the color related information search support process of this embodiment. Hereinafter, the process will be briefly described.
The color display unit 31 displays on the client PC 2 a search screen 500 (FIG. 9) on which a plurality of different colors are arrayed and displayed (color display step S101).

  The selection color information acquisition unit 32 acquires selection color information (for example, Hue 25, Saturation 6, lightness 7 (25-6-7)) indicating which color has been selected by the user from the client PC 2 (acquisition of selection color information). Step S102).

  The association information acquisition unit 33 acquires association information pre-associated with the selected color information (25-6-7) from the association information DB 92 (FIG. 4). The associating information acquisition unit 33 includes, as the associating information associated with the selected color (25-6-7), the image information (25671A to 25674A) of the product (ID25671 to ID25674), the link destination URL of the product purchase page 600, and the like. Product information is acquired from the association information DB 92 (association information acquisition step S103).

  The association information display unit 34 displays an image based on the association information (association information display step S104). The association information display step S104 is divided into a first association information display step S1041 and a second association information display step S1042.

  In the first linking information display step S1041, the linking information display unit 34 transmits image information (for example, thumbnail images A1 to A4) as linking information to the client PC 2, thereby causing the client PC 2 to receive an image based on the linking information (for example, Thumbnail images A1 to A4) are displayed in association with the color (25-6-7) indicated by the selected color information among a plurality of types of colors displayed in an array. The association information display unit 34 displays the balloon image indicating the product part number or the like in association with the color (25-6-7) indicated by the selection color information, or thumbnail images A1 to A4 based on the selection color information in the balloon display. Is displayed.

  In addition, the association information display unit 34 displays images based on the association information (for example, thumbnail images A1 to A4) so as to overlap a part of an area where a plurality of types of colors are arranged and displayed. The association information display unit 34 sets the link destination URL of the product purchase page 600 (FIG. 11) in the images to be displayed (for example, thumbnail images A1 to A4).

  In the second association information display step S1042, when the user selects an image based on the association information (for example, thumbnail images A1 to A4) by double clicking or the like, the association information display unit 34 displays the web of the link destination URL set in the image. The page is provided to the client PC 2, that is, the product purchase page 600 is displayed on the client PC 2.

  At this time, the association information display unit 34, for example, selects the color of the thumbnail image A1 selected on the search screen 500 and the color that has the same tone and the same hue on the Hue-Tone system and is recommended for color coordination. Search in the coordination DB 95 (FIG. 7). Subsequently, the associating information display unit 34 searches the associating information DB 92 for the searched color product, and the thumbnail images 604 to 606 of the product recommended in color coordination with the product of the thumbnail image A1 are displayed on the product purchase page. In 600, information for product purchase (purchase quantity input box 602, price, cash register progress button 603) is displayed.

  In addition, when the radio button 503I for category coordination is checked on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 selects the color of the thumbnail image A1 selected on the search screen 500 as the product recommended for coordination. In addition to the condition that the product has the same tone and the same hue, the product is associated with the selected thumbnail image A1 on the condition that the product is associated with a category that is highly related in the category coordination DB 34 (FIG. 8). The images 604 to 606 of the searched product recommended for coordination are displayed on the product purchase page 600 (second pegging information display step S1042).

When the user selects the cash register progress button 603, the identification information acquisition unit 35 displays the login screen 650 (FIG. 12) and acquires the user identification information (identification information acquisition step S105).
The purchase history storage control unit 36 stores the purchase history on the product purchase page 600 by the user in a predetermined storage area (purchase history DB 93, FIG. 5) in association with the user identification information (purchase history mechanism control step S106). .

  When the purchase history coordination radio button 503J is checked on the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 uses the purchase history DB 93 and the association information DB 92 to coordinate the color and color of the product indicated by the purchase history. A product of a color having a recommended relationship is searched, and images 604 to 606 (linking information) of the searched coordinately recommended products are displayed (second linking information display step S1042).

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a search screen 500.
The operation of the server 1 when the radio button 503B of the equi-hue section display 503B is checked on the search screen 500 will be briefly described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Hereinafter, the same configuration and processing steps as those in the first embodiment will be described in a simplified or omitted manner.

  When the user selects a color by clicking any one of a plurality of types of colors displayed in an array or by placing the cursor on any color, the selected color information acquisition unit 32 displays the selected color information. Selection color information (for example, color coordinates 04-8-5 in FIG. 14) indicating which one of a plurality of types of colors displayed in an array is selected by the user is acquired from the PC 2 (first selection color information) Acquisition step S1021A).

  The associating information acquisition unit 33 obtains associating information the associating information associated with the selected color information (color coordinates 04-8-5) acquired by the selection color information acquiring unit 32 from the associating information DB 92 (FIG. 4). get. The association information includes equal hue section information (equal hue section information for Hue25, equal hue section information for Hue31, etc.) indicating an equal hue section corresponding to the color indicated by the selected color information. The equi-hue cross section information will be described later (correlation information acquisition step S103A).

  In the search screen 500, the association information display unit 34 displays a tone selector 510 that surrounds the same tone color as the selected color and a hue selector 520 that surrounds the same hue color as the selected color. The pegging information display unit 34 is based on the hue cross-section information acquired by the pegging information acquisition unit 33, and includes a plurality of types of cross-sections that form equal hue cross sections for the colors indicated by the selection color information acquired by the selection information acquisition unit 36. The colors are arranged and displayed in a balloon in association with the selected color, and the equi-hue cross section 530 is displayed (third associated information display step S1043A).

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the equi-hue cross section 530 displayed in the balloon.
Specifically, the association information display unit 34 displays the equi-hue cross section 530, the hue adjustment unit 540, and the tone adjustment unit 550 in a balloon associated with the selected color.
The equi-hue section 530 is a part that displays the equi-hue section of the hue (04) of the selected color (04-8-5). The equi-hue section is obtained by arranging a plurality of colors of selected hues on the horizontal axis Saturation and the vertical axis lightness so that the saturation and lightness of adjacent colors are perceptually equidistant. In the equi-hue cross section, the color saturation on the right side in FIG. 16 is high, and the lightness on the upper side in FIG. 16 is high.

  Here, in the search screen 500 of the present embodiment, the lightness difference of each color in the same Saturation group is perceptually spaced at the same color in the colors constituting each hue. Further, the difference between colors having the same lightness and different saturation is perceptually equally spaced. That is, the equi-hue section 530 is obtained by rearranging the colors from Saturation 9 to 1 constituting the hue of the selected color of the search screen 500 to the horizontal axis Saturation and the vertical axis lightness, and the number of colors is Saturation 9 to 1. The same 54 colors as before. Saturation of the rightmost color in the equi-hue cross section 530 is 9, lightness is 1, 3, and 5 from the top, and the same color as the color constituting the block 9 of Saturation 9 of the search screen 500 is arranged. Yes.

  Accordingly, the equi-hue cross-section information used when the pegging information display unit 34 forms the equi-hue cross section 530 is the information tied to each color in the pegging information DB 92 (equivalent hue cross-section information for Hue 25, equi-hue cross section for Hue 31). Information...), Which is information indicating 54 colors from Saturations 9 to 1 constituting the hue of the color.

  In the hue adjustment unit 540, representative hue colors (red, yellow, green, and blue) are arranged in the hue having the tone of the selected color (hue in the tone selector 510 in FIG. 14). When these colors are selected, the association information display unit 34 switches the equal hue section 530 to the equal hue section of the selected color with the same algorithm as when the color on the search screen 500 is selected. As a result, the colors of the hue adjustment unit 540 are arranged only with representative hue colors, but the user can easily see the equi-hue cross section of the colors by selecting the hue color among them. It can be done.

  When a color in the hue adjustment unit 540 is selected, the tone adjustment unit 550 arranges hues that are between hues displayed by the hue adjustment unit 540 and surrounding the selected color. When a color in the tone adjustment unit 550 is selected, the association information display unit 34 uses the same algorithm as when a color is selected on the search screen 500 to set the equal hue cross section 530 to the same hue cross section of the selected color. Switch. Although this embodiment will be described later, the user selects a color in the equi-hue cross section 530 that has been switched using the hue adjustment unit 540 and the tone adjustment unit 550, so that the product image associated with the selected color is displayed. Can be displayed.

  The present embodiment can cope with the case where it is desired to select a hue more finely than a typical hue arranged in the hue adjustment section 540 by providing the tone adjustment section 550. The user can easily find a desired hue and tone color by using the equi-hue cross section 530, the hue adjustment unit 540, and the tone adjustment unit 550.

  When a color in the equi-hue cross section 530 is selected, the frame surrounding the selected color moves on the search screen 500 to enclose the newly selected color. Further, the tone selector 510 and the hue selector 520 are also displayed with the new selection color in the equi-hue section 530 as the center.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the user can easily find a desired color sensuously using the equi-hue cross section. In addition, by moving the cursor along the tone selector 510 and the hue selector 520, the user can easily change the hue while fixing the tone, and can easily change the tone while fixing the hue. This also makes it possible to easily find a desired color sensuously.

The selection color information acquisition unit 32 selects information indicating the color when the user selects one of a plurality of types of colors constituting the equal hue section displayed in an array by double clicking or the like. (Second selected color information acquisition step S1022A).
Thereafter, as in the first embodiment, the associating information acquisition unit 33 displays the product images A1 to A4 associated with the selected color information in the associating information DB 92 in a balloon in association with the selected color information ( First association information acquisition step S1041A).

  Note that the association information acquisition unit 33 acquires, from the association information DB 92, as color association information, color cross-section information indicating a color cross-section in which a predetermined attribute among the attributes of the color indicated by the acquired selected color information is expanded. May be. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the association information acquisition unit 33 develops colors having the same hue (predetermined attribute) among the attributes (hue, lightness, and saturation) of the color indicated by the acquired selection color information. The equal hue section information indicating the equal hue section is obtained from the association information DB 92. However, the associating information acquisition unit 33 obtains, from the associating information DB 92, the iso-lightness section information indicating the iso-lightness section in which the color having the same brightness (predetermined attribute) among the attributes of the color indicated by the acquired selected color information is developed. You may get it. Then, the association information display unit 34 may display an iso-lightness section in a balloon associated with the selected color.

  Alternatively, the associating information acquisition unit 33 associates isochromatic section information indicating isochromatic sections in which colors having the same saturation (predetermined attribute) among the attributes of the color indicated by the acquired selected color information are associated. The association information display unit 34 acquired from the information DB 92 may display the isochromatic section in a balloon associated with the selected color. Furthermore, the user may be able to appropriately select which one of the equi-hue cross section, iso-lightness cross-section, and iso-saturation cross-section displayed in this way is to be displayed. In this way, attributes such as hue, lightness, and saturation can be selected from among the lightness and saturation colors in the same manner as when selecting a color from lightness and saturation elements with the same hue as in this embodiment. Can be studied using isoluminous cross sections and isochromatic cross sections.

  Further, the association information display unit 34 may display the color examination unit according to various arrangement rules in a balloon associated with the selected color in order to deal with various color examinations. Information necessary for color arrangement in accordance with the arrangement rule may be acquired from the association information DB 92.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a search screen 500.
The operation of the server 1 when the shift image display radio button 503C is checked on the search screen 500 will be briefly described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the user selects one of a plurality of types of colors displayed in an array, the selected color information acquisition unit 32 selects selected color information (for example, color coordinates 13 in FIG. 17) indicating which color has been selected. -7-5) is acquired (selected color information acquisition step S102B).

  The associating information acquisition unit 33, as the associating information, the associating information associated with the selection color information (13-7-5) acquired by the selection color information acquisition unit 32, and the selection color (13-7-5) The linking information associated with the colors (13-7-3, 13-7-7, 12-7-5, 14-7-5) adjacent to the top and bottom of the tone direction and the right and left of the hue direction is acquired from the linking information DB 92. (Linking information acquisition step S103B). The association information here includes a product image and a product purchase page (link destination).

  The association information display unit 34 displays the thumbnail images A1 to A4 (association information) of the products associated with the selected color. When displaying the thumbnail images A1 to A4 of the products associated with the selected color, the association information display unit 34 is arranged in a color in which the association information is associated with the association information (thumbnail images A1 to A4). A color shift button 560 for enabling display switching to the association information (thumbnail images C1 to C4, D1 to D4, E1 to D4, and F1 to F4) associated with adjacent colors on the display is displayed. .

  The color shift button 560 above the thumbnail images A1 to A4 associated with the selected color designates the upward direction, the color shift button 560 on the right side of the thumbnail images A1 to A4 designates the right direction, and the thumbnail image. The color shift button 560 below A1 to A4 designates the downward direction, and the color shift button 560 located on the left side of the thumbnail images A1 to A4 designates the left direction.

  When the user's operation input to the color shift button 560 is received, the association information display unit 34 associates association information (thumbnail image C1) associated with a color adjacent to the direction designated by the selected color shift button 560. To C4, D1 to D4, E1 to D4, and F1 to F4). That is, when the left color shift button 560 of the thumbnail images A1 to A4 is selected, the association information acquisition unit 33 acquires the color (12-7-5) adjacent in the left direction as a new selection color (S107B). : YES, selected color information acquisition step S102B) and step S103B are repeated again.

  As a result, the association information display unit 34 displays the thumbnail images A1 to A4 displayed in the center as the images of the selected color (13-7-5) in the color adjacent to the left direction (12−) specified by the color shift button 560. 7-5) are switched to the thumbnail images F1 to F4 (first association information display step S1041B). As a result, thumbnail images of adjacent colors are newly displayed in the vertical and horizontal directions around the new selected color (12-7-5). Further, the frame surrounding the selected color before switching is moved one to the left, and the color adjacent to the left direction (12-7-5) designated by the color shift button 560 is surrounded.

  When thumbnail images F1 to F4 of a new selection color (12-7-5) and thumbnail images displayed on the top, bottom, left, and right of the thumbnail images F1 to F4 are selected, the product purchase page 600 is displayed as in the first embodiment. Steps S1042B to S106B for displaying are performed.

  In the present embodiment, by specifying a desired shift direction from the state where the association information (thumbnail images A1 to A4) is displayed on the screen, information associated with the color adjacent to the shift direction side (thumbnail image C1). ˜C4, D1 to D4, E1 to D4, F1 to F4) can be browsed, so that the user can search for products or the like associated with the approximate color without reselecting the color.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a search screen 500.
The operation of the server 1 when the radio button 503G having 500 colors is checked on the search screen 500 will be briefly described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The color display unit 31 causes the client PC 2 to display the search screen 500 on which a plurality of different colors are arrayed and displayed (color display step S101C).
When the 500 color radio button 503G is checked, the target division number information acquisition unit 37 acquires target division number information indicating the target division number (500) designated by the user (S108C: YES, target division). Number information acquisition step S109C).

In the color display unit 31, the target division number (500) indicated by the target division number information acquired by the target division number information acquisition unit 37 is equal to the division number (3000) already set when the target division number information is acquired. Are different from each other, a plurality of types of colors divided by the target division number (500) are arranged and displayed based on the color DB 91 (FIG. 3) (color display step S101C).
Other operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

In this embodiment, by changing the number of divisions as a whole color chart, for example, when the number of divisions of the currently displayed color chart is too small and it takes time to search for a desired color, By changing the display to the color chart divided by the rough division number, it becomes easy to select a desired color.
Conversely, if the color chart currently displayed is rough and the desired color cannot be found, the desired color can be selected by changing the display to a color chart divided by a finer number of divisions. It becomes.

  In this embodiment, the possible number of divisions is determined in advance, but an input box for the target number of divisions may be provided to calculate colors for the target number of divisions, and a plurality of types of colors may be displayed in an array. The calculation method for dividing into the desired number of colors can be performed by using the method described in the applicant's international application (International Application No. PCT / JP2012 / 004130).

(Fifth embodiment)
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a search screen 500.
In the present embodiment, the server 11 performs a process of enlarging and displaying the designated range on the search screen 500 with the division number 500. The process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  On the search screen 500 with the division number 500, the user designates the range of colors to be enlarged by dragging the cursor, for example. Then, for example, when the user selects enlarged display & subdivision from the options that appear when right-clicking, the range selection information acquisition unit 38 acquires range selection information indicating the color value range specified by the user ( Range selection information acquisition step S111D).

  Then, the color display unit 31 enlarges and displays the range specified by the range selection information and arranges and displays a plurality of types of colors included in the selection range to be enlarged and displayed in a subdivided number of divisions before the enlargement. In the case of the present embodiment, array display is performed at intervals of 3000 divisions based on the color DB 91 (color display step S101D).

  In the present embodiment, the enlargement ratio may be changed by setting. In this case, the calculation method for subdividing the colors is described in the applicant's international application (International Application No. PCT / JP2012). / 004130) can be used. In addition, as an operation for subdividing the number of divisions of a plurality of types of colors belonging to the region to be enlarged, for example, attribute values (hue, lightness, Saturation) of colors between colors inserted corresponding to the number of divisions This is possible by setting the value according to the number of divisions based on the attribute values around the color (for example, by setting the attribute value around the color as an intermediate value).

(Sixth embodiment)
FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a search screen 500. Hereinafter, a process of displaying the search result within a predetermined category will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the category search button 504 is dropped down on the search screen 500, large category buttons 571 to 577 indicating a plurality of categories (coloring material, sheet construction tool, clothes,...) Classified into large categories in the tied DB 91 (FIG. 4). Is displayed. When the user selects one of the colors (23-3-13) from among a plurality of colors in a state where, for example, the large category button 571 indicating a color material is selected, the tied information display unit 34 associates the selected color with the selected color. The obtained association information (product image) is acquired from the association information DB 92 (association information acquisition step S103E).

  Small categories under “color material” which is a large category selected by the user include “decoration sheet”, “paint”, “tile” and the like. The association information (image) displayed by the association information display unit 34 is classified into at least one of a plurality of predetermined categories.

  The category setting information acquisition unit 39 acquires category setting information that defines a category that the user desires to view the association information among a plurality of categories. In the present embodiment, first, the category setting information acquisition unit 39 sets default as category setting information that defines a category that the user desires to view the association information among a plurality of small categories under the large category “color material”. The “decoration sheet” is acquired by setting (category setting information acquisition step S113E).

  The association information display unit 34 displays the search window 580 in association with the selected color (23-3-13), is associated with the selected color in the search window 580, and the small category is “decorative sheet”. Thumbnail images A1 to A3 of a product are displayed in a vertical row (first association information display step S1041E). The search window 580 displays tabs 582 to 584 indicating the small categories “decoration sheet”, “paint”, and “tile” under “color material” which is the large category selected by the user.

The user selects tabs 583 and 584 different from the current tab 582 when he / she wants to browse product images of other categories.
Then, the category setting information acquisition unit 39 acquires the small categories (“paint” and “tile”) indicated by the selected tabs 583 and 584 as the category setting information (S112E: YES, category setting information acquisition step S114E).

  The association information display unit 34 only displays images belonging to the category defined by the category setting information acquired by the category setting information acquisition unit 39 among the plurality of images associated with the selected color (23-3-13). Is displayed in the search window 580 (first association information display step S1041E).

  In this way, only the association information belonging to the category that the user wants to browse is displayed, so that even when a large amount of association information of a category that the user does not want to browse is associated with a certain color, for example. The information that does not want to be browsed becomes noise and does not impair browsing comfort.

  In the search window 580, a slider 581 for sending the thumbnail images A1 to A3 up and down in the search window 580 is displayed. In addition, color shift buttons 560 are displayed on the left, right, top and bottom of the thumbnail images A1 to A3.

  The color shift button 560 has the same function as the color shift button 560 of the third embodiment. That is, when the color shift button 560 is selected (S107E: YES), the same processing as in the third embodiment is performed (S102E to S113E), and the color shift button 560 is associated with a color adjacent in the designated direction. The image is switched to the product image (S1041E).

(Seventh embodiment)
FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a search screen 500. Hereinafter, the display color filtering process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the screening button 505 is selected on the search screen 500, the screening button 505 is dropped down, a word input box 521, a tone type check box 522, a drop-down list 523 that allows selection of landscape regulations for each prefecture, and input of Munsell coordinates. A box 524 (including a drop-down list for selecting a hue), a display button 525, and a clear button 526 are displayed.

  When the display button 525 is selected, the reference information acquisition unit 40 acquires the reference information received by the input reception units 521 to 524 as the filtering reference specified by the user (S115E: YES, reference information). Acquisition step S116F). Standard information includes product type (category), sensitivity word, landscape ordinance, tone type, person name, company name, place name, product name, service name, color value range, natural object (name), and color name. Contains at least one piece of information.

Examples of the types of products include various articles that can be involved in color coordination, such as coloring materials, building materials, clothes, and furniture.
(1) Color material decoration sheet, wallpaper, curtain, tile, paint, colored pencil, paint, crayon, spray, magic, etc. (2) Building material wallpaper, siding, brick, mortar, plaster, colonial, tile, etc. (3) Clothing, Accessories shoes, socks, belts, ties, shirts, suits, trousers, skirts, hats, mufflers, gloves, etc. Conditioners, personal computers, mobile terminals, cooking appliances, etc.

Examples of tone types include pale tones, light grayish tones, and vivid tones.
The color value range is a color value range designated by the user in the Munsell coordinate input box 524 or the like.

Natural objects are things that exist in nature, such as the sky (blue sky, large sky, night sky, starry sky, summer sky, autumn sky, cloudy sky ...), soil (black soil, red ball soil, humus, ...), stone (marble, granite). , Limestone, etc.).
In addition to basic color names such as blue and red (names that are basic when displaying colors in words), color names are given to specific color names such as Shimbashi, scarlet and light green (given for specific colors). Individual name).

The corresponding color information acquisition unit 41 acquires information indicating a color previously linked to the reference information acquired by the reference information acquisition unit 40 from a predetermined storage area (linking information DB 92) (corresponding color information acquisition step) S117F).
The color display unit 31 displays and displays only the colors indicated by the information acquired by the corresponding color information acquisition unit 41 on the search screen 500 (array display unit 50) (color display step S101F).

  For example, when the reference information acquisition unit 40 acquires a sensitivity word “cute” in the word input box 521 (reference information acquisition step S116F), the corresponding color information acquisition unit 41 is associated with the word “cute”. The color is acquired from the association information DB 92 (color display step S117F), and the color display unit 31 displays only the color indicated by the sensitivity word “cute” on the search screen 500 (color display step S101F).

  When the reference information acquired by the reference information acquisition unit 40 includes a color value range designated by the user, the corresponding color information acquisition unit 41 predetermines information indicating a color associated with the color value range in advance. From the storage area (color DB 91) (corresponding color information acquisition step S117F). In this case, the color display unit 31 displays only the colors belonging to the color value range.

  In this way, not only the display target color is filtered by a keyword or the like, but also by inputting a specific color value range, it is possible to specify a plurality of types of color ranges to be displayed.

  For example, by specifying the building material as a cutting sheet and the color value range as hue 5R to 5G, brightness 7 or higher and saturation 3 or higher, the search screen 500 displays the color having the cutting sheet as the association information in the specified color range. Is done. Then, for example, only the color of hue 6R, lightness 7, and saturation 3.2 is displayed, and by selecting the color, a product “◯ ×” is displayed. Thus, in the present embodiment, the user can easily search for products in a desired color range. The color range may be specified in an appropriate color system such as a Hue-Tone system or PCCS in addition to the Munsell color system.

  In this embodiment, the reference information is used to display only the color associated with the reference information. However, the reference information is used to display only the color associated with the reference information. May be. For example, when a pale tone is selected as the tone type, only the color of the pale tone may not be displayed.

(Eighth embodiment)
FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a search screen 500. The display color universal display process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the universal button 506 is selected on the search screen 500, the universal button 506 is dropped down, and color vision type check boxes 525 to 527 are displayed in association with each of the C type, P type color vision, and D type color vision.

  Cone that is the photoreceptor cell of the retina has three cones: a cone that mainly feels red light, a cone that mainly feels green light, and a cone that mainly feels blue light. Has all three cones. A P-type color vision person refers to a person who does not have a cone that mainly feels red light, or the light that the cone can feel is light closer to green than red. A D-type color vision person refers to a person who does not have a cone that mainly feels green light, or the light that the cone can feel is light closer to red than green.

The color vision type information acquisition unit 42 acquires the color vision type information of the user with these check boxes 525 to 527 (reference information acquisition step S119G).
The effective color information acquisition unit 43 acquires, from a predetermined storage area (correlation information DB 92), information indicating a color associated with color vision type information acquired by the color vision type information acquisition unit 42 (effective color). Information acquisition step S120G).

  P-type and D-type color sensers are difficult to distinguish one color from another, for example, orange is difficult to distinguish from brown. For this reason, in the association information DB 92, only the colors that can be identified by the P-type and D-type color sensers are associated with information indicating that the colors are distinguishable by the P-type and D-type color sensers, and the colors that are difficult to identify Is not associated with information indicating that the color is distinguishable (FIG. 4).

Accordingly, the color display unit 31 displays only the colors indicated by the information acquired by the effective color information acquisition unit 43 (color display step S101G), so that only colors that can be discriminated by the P-type or D-type color senser are displayed. Can be arranged.
In the present embodiment, only colors that can be discriminated by C-type, P-type, and D-type color viewers are displayed, but only colors that cannot be discriminated by C-type, P-type, and D-type color viewers are displayed. May be.

(Ninth embodiment)
FIG. 29 is almost the same as the flowchart of the color-related information search support process of the first embodiment, except that the link destination selection history by the user is stored (S121H).
Specifically, in the first embodiment, when the user selects an image to be displayed, the association information display unit 34 displays a link for enabling access to a link destination related to the association information corresponding to the image. (S1041H, S1042H). For example, the pegging information display unit 34 proposes a good product from the viewpoint of color coordination for the purchased product on the product purchase page 600 (FIG. 11), but sets a link to the image of the proposed product (S1042H). . Further, the check association information display unit 34 also sets a link to the thumbnail images A1 to A4 displayed when the user selects a color on the search screen 500 (S1041H).

  In the first embodiment, the identification information acquisition unit 35 acquires user identification information when purchasing a product (S105H). In this embodiment, after acquiring the user identification information, the selection history storage control unit 44 associates the link destination selection history by the user with the user identification information and stores a predetermined storage area (link destination selection history DB 94). (Selection history storage control step S121H).

That is, when the user selects thumbnail images A1 to A4 to be displayed when a color is selected on the search screen 500, or when the user selects product images 604 to 606 to be proposed as color coordinates on the product purchase page 600, The link destination set in the image is saved as an operation history.
As described above, the operation history such as the input history and the selection history by the user is saved in a predetermined storage area as a library, so that it can be used later.

(Modification)
In each of the embodiments, various information is associated with each color in the association information DB 92. And the amount increases with time. Therefore, the amount of data associated with each color in the association information DB 92 may be calculated so as to be distinguishable. For example, as shown in FIG. 30, the information associated with each color is divided into several items, and the amount of the information is converted into a bar graph to easily distinguish between colors with a large amount of information associated with the colors and those with a small amount. You may be able to.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the tied information display unit 34 performs color coordination on the selected color product based on the color correlation (same tone, same hue). However, the associating information display unit may perform color coordination in consideration of the texture of the product of the selected color (surface texture and feel). Further, the tied information display unit may perform color coordination based on feng shui, fortune-telling, personal colors, etc., for the selected color product. That is, the server 1 may include a DB (corresponding to the category coordinate DB 96 or the color coordinate DB 95) that evaluates the degree of association between colors and the color to be coordinated with each color based on feng shui, fortune telling, and personal colors. Color coordination may be performed based on the DB.

  The functional units 31 to 44 that perform arithmetic processing and the like are configured to be all provided in one server 1 in the present embodiment, but the arithmetic processing performed by the server 1 in each of the embodiments is distributedly processed by a plurality of servers. A structure may be sufficient and each function part 31-44 may straddle a some server. Each of the functional units 31 to 44 may be partly or entirely on the client PC 2 side. In each of the above-described embodiments, each server 91-96 is provided in one server 1. However, each DB 91-96 may straddle a plurality of servers, and a part or all of them are on the client PC 2 side. Also good.

  Information associated with the selected color may be displayed in accordance with a color arrangement rule (hue, tone arrangement rule). For example, when the information linked to the selected color is an image having various hues and tones, and the selected color is displayed on those images, the red image is changed to the green image according to the Hue-Tone arrangement rule. Alternatively, a red image having a bright tone (brightness) may be arranged above a darker tone than a dark image.

  The arrangement display of plural kinds of colors and the display of the association information can be performed on, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. Of course, any technology that can be displayed in a state that can be visually recognized by humans can be used. For example, a display using an electronic paper technology, a retina display, or the like can be used.

  In each of the embodiments, the color display unit 31 displays a plurality of different colors from each other by using a Hue-Tone system, PCCS (Practical Color Co-ordinate System), Munsell color system (Munsell solid), NCS (Natural Color System). , The Ostwald color system, the DIN (Deutsche Industre Norm) color system, and the CIE (Commission Internationale d'Eclairage) color system can be used to display an array. The color display unit 31 can also display a plurality of colors in accordance with a known color sample book arrangement rule such as a PANTONE (registered trademark) color sample book or a DIC (registered trademark) color sample book. The color display unit 31 may display a plurality of types of colors in 2D as well as in the above embodiments.

  In each of the above embodiments, an image is displayed as the association information of the selected color in a balloon displayed corresponding to the selected color, or a color coordinate, a product number, or the like is displayed as the association information. However, as shown in FIG. 31, the association information may be displayed in a tree structure for each category so that the user can easily select the association information desired to be displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 31, a radio button 503K for selecting a tree search is displayed in a state where the color search button 503 is dropped down. When the radio button 503K is checked, categories such as color information and product information, which are higher-level categories when the association information is classified into categories, are displayed in a balloon associated with the selected color. When any of these categories is selected, lower-level categories such as color system, archive information, and library information are displayed in a balloon associated with the selected category. When such a display operation is repeated and the lowest category is selected by the user, the association information corresponding to the category, for example, “color coordinate value of the selected color expressed in the CMYK system” in the example of FIG. It may be displayed.

  The present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiment is merely an example in all respects and should not be interpreted in a limited manner. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of claims, and is not restricted by the text of the specification. Further, all modifications, various improvements, alternatives and modifications belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are all within the scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server (color related information search assistance apparatus) 31 ... Color display part, 32 ... Selected color information acquisition part, 33 ... Association information acquisition part, 34 ... Association information display part

Claims (8)

Tones determined by saturation and black amount and two types of hues are arranged in multiple colors, and the same hue color is arranged in a vertical row and the hues are different, but the same saturation and the same black amount, that is, the same A color chart in which colors having tones are arranged in a horizontal row, the colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and the colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order on the display ,
Accept the color specification with the cursor,
A computer that surrounds a color group of the same tone as the color specified by the cursor with an annular tone selector . The computer according to claim 1 , wherein a color group having the same hue as the color designated by the cursor is surrounded by a cyclic hue selector. Highlight the color specified with the cursor,
The color chart is
For each hue, each color is arranged from the top in the descending order of saturation, and the same saturation color is arranged from the top in the descending order of the black amount.
There is a gap between colors with different saturations, and in the same hue color, the gap between adjacent colors with different saturations is larger than the gap between colors of the same saturation.
Colors with the same tone are arranged in a horizontal row with a gap,
In each hue, the black amount interval between colors having the same saturation is perceptually equal, and the saturation interval between different saturation colors arranged in the vertical direction is perceptually equal. is there
The computer according to claim 1 or 2. The computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein color coordinates that are a hue value, a saturation value, a black amount, or a lightness value of a color designated by a cursor are displayed on the display . Tones determined by saturation and black amount and two types of hues are arranged in multiple colors, and the same hue color is arranged in a vertical row and the hues are different, but the same saturation and the same black amount, that is, the same A color chart in which colors having tones are arranged in a horizontal row, the colors are arranged in saturation order for each hue, and the colors of the same saturation are arranged in black quantity order on the display,
Accept the color specification with the cursor,
A program that causes a computer to execute a circular tone selector surrounding a color group having the same tone as the color specified by a cursor . The program according to claim 5, wherein the computer is caused to enclose a color group having the same hue as the color designated by the cursor with an annular hue selector. Highlight the color specified with the cursor,
In the color chart, for each hue, each color is arranged from the top in descending order of saturation, and the same saturation color is arranged from the top in ascending order of black amount,
There is a gap between colors with different saturations, and in the same hue color, the gap between adjacent colors with different saturations is larger than the gap between colors of the same saturation.
Colors with the same tone are arranged in a horizontal row with a gap,
In each hue, the black amount interval between colors having the same saturation is perceptually equal, and the saturation interval between different saturation colors arranged in the vertical direction is perceptually equal. The program according to claim 5 or 6, which causes a computer to display a certain color chart on the display. 8. The computer according to claim 5, wherein the computer is configured to display color coordinates that are a hue value, a saturation value, a black amount, or a lightness value of the color designated by a cursor on the display. 9. Program.