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)
• Switch between the Measured, Random, or Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 color charts
• Import color lists saved in plain text format, as saved from spreadsheets or word processors
• Import and export spectral data scaled between zero and one or between 0 and 100%
• Import and export spectral data defined in a range of either 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 verify 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 proofing printer and monitor certification processes defined by IDEAlliance
• Average color lists using either a weighted or un-weighted method
• Turn and mirror patch layouts, flip rows and columns, or rename and renumber color lists
• Re-order color lists according to any user-selected color space coordinate (or spectral value when available)
• Convert color lists to many standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK)
• Export color lists as text files conforming to the CGATS standard 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 a simplified Tab-delimited format for text reports and spreadsheets
• 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)