Color processing method, color processing apparatus, and color processing program storage medium

1. A color processing method comprising:

a first conversion process for converting on a fixed basis colorimetry data representative of colorimetry values into CMY color data representative of a combination of values of C, M and Y; and

a second conversion process for converting the CMY color data obtained in said first conversion process into color data depending on a device.

2. A color processing method according to claim 1 , wherein said first conversion process comprises:

an RGB data creating process for converting the colorimetry data into RGB data representative of a combination of values of three primary colors R, G and B, and;

a CMY data creating process for subjecting the values of three primary colors R, G and B represented by the RGB data obtained in said RGB data creating process to a logarithmic transformation to create CMY data representative of a combination of values of C, M and Y.

3. A color processing method according to claim 2 , further comprising a parameter computing process for computing parameters of converting the colorimetry data into the RGB data in accordance with a chromaticity value of a predetermined white point on an x-y chromaticity view and chromaticity values of three points associated with three primary colors R, G and B on the x-y chromaticity view,

wherein said RGB data creating process converts the colorimetry data into the RGB data in accordance with the parameters computed in said parameter computing process.

4. A color processing method according to claim 3 , wherein said parameter computing process provides such a definition that vertexes of a triangle are defined as three points associated with three primary colors R, G and B, said vertexes being located at three straight lines on the x-y chromaticity view, coupling three points, which represent main wave lengths of three primary colors R, G and B in a color reproduction area on the x-y chromaticity view, corresponding to an assembly of entire colors reproducible in a colorimetry system for obtaining the colorimetry data, with a predetermined white point on the x-y chromaticity view, respectively, where said triangle includes the color reproduction area.

5. A color processing method according to claim 1 , wherein said second conversion process converts the CMY color data obtained in said first conversion process into CMYK data representative of a combination of values of C, M, Y and K.

6. A color processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first conversion process comprises defining a white point and vertices extended from the white point to form a triangle, said triangle enclosing a reproduction range of the device and the vertices corresponding respectively to primary colors in an x-y chromaticity view.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the vertices of the triangle correspond to main wavelengths in the x-y chromaticity view.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the main wavelengths correspond to three primary colors R, G, and B.

9. A color processing apparatus comprising:

a first conversion section for converting on a fixed basis colorimetry data representative of colorimetry values into CMY data representative of a combination of values of C, M and Y; and

a second conversion section for converting the CMY color data obtained in said first conversion section into color data depending on a device.

10. A color processing program storage medium storing a color processing program which causes a computer to operate as a color processing apparatus, when the color processing program is executed in the computer system, wherein said color processing program storage medium stores the color processing program comprising:

a first conversion section for converting on a fixed basis colorimetry data representative of colorimetry values into CMY data representative of a combination of values of C, M and Y; and

a second conversion section for converting the CMY color data obtained in said first conversion section into color data depending on a device.