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US5209664A
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Artist's palette
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-12-22
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Granted: 1993-05-11
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Expires: 2009-12-22
Abstract
Abstract An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas (A,B,C) in an adjacent relationship. Each pair of areas provided to receive a first color. Each designated area (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) of each pair having a directional indica towards the adjacent pair of designated areas. Each designated area of each pair being provided to receive a first color with a second color bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs having directional indica towards each other and receive a first color having a common second color bias. The palette having at least three areas (17, 18, 19) positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas to receive a second color. The second color created by combining the first colors having a common second color bias in adjacent designated areas.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael A. J. Wilcox
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:34
CPC Classifications
B; B44; B44D; B44D3/00; B44D3/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a first colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a first colour with an second colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a first colour having a common second colour bias; said palette having at least three, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive a second colour created by combining the first colours having a common second colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a first colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a first colour with an second colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a first colour having a common second colour bias; said palette having at least three, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive a second colour created by combining the first colours having a common second colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first colour is a primary colour.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second is an intermediate colour.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
142 words
An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a primary colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a primary colour with an intermediate colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a primary colour having a common intermediate colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive an intermediate colour created by combining the primary colours having a common intermediate colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
142 words
An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a primary colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a primary colour with an intermediate colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a primary colour having a common intermediate colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive an intermediate colour created by combining the primary colours having a common intermediate colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 4 wherein said primary colours are red, blue and yellow.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 4 wherein said intermediate colours are violet, green and orange.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
84 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive blue with a bias towards violet and a blue with a bias towards green; the second of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive yellow with a bias towards orange and yellow with bias toward green; the third of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive red with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards orange.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
88 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 1 wherein in the first of said areas blue with a bias towards violet is mixed with red with a bias towards violet to result in clear violet; in the second of said areas red with a bias towards orange is mixed with yellow with a bias towards orange to result in clear orange; in the third of said areas yellow with a bias towards green is mixed with blue with a bias towards green to result in a clear green.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 1 wherein said designated areas are configured to provide said directional indicia.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
147 words
A colour mixing guide comprising an artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a first colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a first colour with a second colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a first colour having a common second colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive a second colour created by combining the first colours having a common second colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
147 words
A colour mixing guide comprising an artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a first colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a first colour with a second colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a first colour having a common second colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive a second colour created by combining the first colours having a common second colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 10 wherein said first colour is a primary colour.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 10 wherein said second colour is an intermediate colour.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
147 words
A colour mixing guide comprising an artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a primary colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a primary colour with an intermediate colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a primary colour having a common intermediate colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive an intermediate colour created by combining the primary colours having a common intermediate colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
147 words
A colour mixing guide comprising an artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas in an adjacent relationship; each of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive a primary colour; each designated area of each of said pairs having directional indicia towards the adjacent pair of designated areas, each designated area of each of said pairs being provided to receive a primary colour with an intermediate colour bias wherein adjacent designated areas of adjacent pairs have said directional indicia towards each other and receive a primary colour having a common intermediate colour bias; said palette having at least three areas, each of said areas positioned between adjacent pairs of designated areas; each of said areas being provided to receive an intermediate colour created by combining the primary colours having a common intermediate colour bias in said adjacent designated areas.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 13 wherein said primary colours are red, blue and yellow.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 13 wherein said intermediate colours are violet, green and orange.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
85 words
A color mixing guide as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive blue with a bias towards violet and blue with a bias towards green; the second of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive yellow with a bias towards orange and yellow with a bias towards green; the third of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive red with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards orange.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
98 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 10 wherein the first of said areas is provided to receive a clear violet which results from mixing blue with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards violet; the second of said areas is provided to receive a clear orange which results from mixing red with a bias towards orange and yellow with a bias towards orange; the third of said areas is provided to receive a clear green which results from mixing yellow with a bias towards green and a blue with a bias towards green.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A colour mixing guide as claimed in claim 10 wherein said designated areas are configured to provide said directional indicia.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
85 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 4 wherein the first of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive blue with a bias towards violet and a blue with a bias towards green; the second of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive yellow with a bias towards orange and yellow with a bias towards green; the third of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive red with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards orange.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
88 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 4 wherein in the first of said areas blue with a bias towards violet is mixed with red with a bias towards violet to result in clear violet; in the second of said areas red with a bias towards orange is mixed with yellow with a bias towards orange to result in clear orange; in the third of said areas yellow with a bias towards green is mixed with blue with a bias towards green to result in a clear green.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
An artist's palette as claimed in claim 4 wherein said designated areas are configured to provide said directional indicia.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
85 words
A color mixing guide as claimed in claim 13 wherein the first of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive blue with a bias towards violet and blue with a bias towards green; the second of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive yellow with a bias towards orange and yellow with a bias towards green; the third of said pairs of designated areas being provided to receive red with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards orange.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
97 words
A color mixing guide as claimed in claim 13 wherein the first of said areas is provided to receive a clear violet which results from mixing blue with a bias towards violet and red with a bias towards violet; the second of said areas is provided to receive a clear orange which results from mixing red with bias towards orange and yellow with a bias towards orange; the third of said areas is provided to receive a clear green which results from mixing yellow with a bias towards green and a blue with a bias towards green.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
A color mixing guide as claimed in claim 13 wherein said designated areas are configured to provide said directional indicia.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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