PatchTool is designed to:

• Visualize color lists as color patches (color spaces: xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK, and spectral data)
• Import color lists defined in industry standard file formats (CGATS, CxF V-1.0)
• Switch between the Measured, Random, or Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 color charts
• Import color lists created with spreadsheets or word processors
• Import/export spectral data scaled between 0 and 1 or between 0% and 100%
• Import/export spectral data defined in a range of 380 to 730 nm or 400 to 700 nm
• Import RGB data encoded in 8 bit, 15 bit, 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
• Measure color patches on your display and check your display calibration (White Point, grey ramp, primaries) using a DTP94, Eye-One Pro, Eye-One Display, Spyder2, or Spyder3
• Compare a patch in a file to a patch in any other file, and get the color difference value
• Compare two files in the same window and get detailed statistics on their differences
• Facilitate the printer and monitor certification processes defined by IDEAlliance
• Average color lists using weighted or un-weighted methods
• Re-order, rename and renumber color lists; turn and mirror patch layouts; flip rows and columns
• Convert color lists to standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK)
• Convert color lists using one or two RGB or CMYK ICC profiles
• Generate device dependent (RGB, CMYK) and device independent (L*a*b*, L*C*h*, XYZ) color lists
• Check if a color list is clipped by a destination profile
• Determine the gamut volume of a profile
• Export color lists as standard CGATS files or in a simplified text format
• Export RGB in 8 bit, 15 bit+ (i.e. Photoshop 16 bit), true 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
• Export color lists to Munsell color space
• Export color lists in many image formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, 8 and 16 bit)
• Export color lists to be used as 'Color Decks' in the BabelColor CT&A program (sold separately)