A system and method for organizing a plurality of sets color values into a plurality
of color groups, such as paint, pigments, or dye formulations, is provided. The
inputs to the system are the color values of a proposed paint, dye or colorant
formulation and color measurement angles. The system includes an input device for
entering a plurality of sets of color values and an artificial intelligence cluster
model coupled to the input device. The cluster model produces an output signal
indicative of the one color group to which a set of color values belongs. The artificial
intelligence model may be embodied in a neural network. More specifically, the
cluster model may be a self-organizing map neural network.
