I was digging in the garden yesterday afternoon and hit a rock. I lifted the rock up and was just about to quietly drop it over my nextdoor neighbours fence when I noticed there was a thin strata running through it which was a completely different colour to anything I've ever seen. I don't just mean it was a different shade of a colour or a mix of a couple of colours, I mean it was a totally new colour. I'm going to phone up some paint factories and try an make some money out of this. What I'm wondering is can I patent this colour? I'm thinking of calling the colour jaklar.
2007-08-14 09:41:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Every color perceivable to the human eye can be represented by a mixture of four primary colors (red, blue, green, yellow). You just found a mix that caught you eye for some reason. If you really like this color and would like to paint things with it, go to the paint section of your local home improvement store, and they can match the color by measuring it with a meter and mixing in the appropriate ratio of pigments.
2007-08-14 14:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As interesting as this sounds.... No you cannot patent a color. Think about it. If I patented the color blue then every paint, crayon, fabric maker on and on would have to pay me for that.
If you make a special paint that is your product of your company then yes you can patent the paint itself being that it is a product, but not the color.
Seems impossible though to come up with a new color because black is all colors mixed and white is absence of color therefore all colors in between that spectrum is counted as a previously known color. I think there are over 256 million colors. So I am very interested to see this you should post a pic somewhere for us to see.
2007-08-14 09:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any thing can be patented .However the cost of the patent should justify the benefits of the discovery.
When it comes to colors ,not every one see it the same way. That is why some people dont like certain colors.
If the color you discovered and you are the only one able to duplicate the color by mixing certain ingredients ,and the color is soothing and relaxing to those who look at it,you have got a Winner.
2007-08-14 10:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that it'd really be patenting. . . probably more like copyrighting unless you have some really interesting process by which you produce said color.
As far as whether you can actually copyright colors, I'm thinking it's *possible*. . . see John Deere. Not sure why I'd want to, but I suppose you could try if you're that fascinated with it.
2007-08-14 09:47:03 · answer #4 · answered by geek_girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you didn't discover a new color.
When white light is separated, the visible spectrum appears: ROYGBIV: Red to Orange to Yellow to Green to Blue to Indigo to Violet. By using combinations of the above wavelengths of light, there are an almost infinite number of colors possible.
2007-08-14 09:54:47 · answer #5 · answered by dsr_jr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you were not looking into the mirror?
If so, do not even try to ask for a patent; you will not even make Guinness Book of Records.. or at least not in the section you would like to see yourself...:-))
2007-08-15 10:35:54 · answer #6 · answered by glljansen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really hate to burst your bubble but I genuinely doubt that you are the first to discover this color. I am an artist and when mixing painting and stuff I come across colors of every kind but I know that I am not the first one to come across them. I'm really sorry but I doubt its a BRAND new color!
2007-08-14 09:50:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A patent has to be new, non-obvious and useful.
2007-08-14 09:47:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋