METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that color appearances of object images specified as a same output color vary if their respective background colors vary when converting image data constituted by a plurality of objects to data for an output device. SOLUTION: A color appearance model forward conversion section 104 uses forward conversion of a color appearance model to calculate target appearance colors, which are targets of appearances of objects based on color information of the objects. A surrounding adaptive background color obtaining section 106 generates surrounding adaptive background colors based on pixels around a pixel of interest for object images that have undergone rendering. Then, output pixel values of the pixel of interest are calculated by a color appearance model reverse conversion section 107 using reverse conversion of the color appearance model based on the target appearance color and the surrounding adaptive background colors. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT