hdd 105 are transferred to the main memory 102 via the scsi i f 103 and system bus 114 on the basis of a command from the cpu 101 in accordance with the process of the color reproduction edit application the cpu 101 displays a window shown in fig1 on the color monitor 107 the user edits color reproduction by correcting a color to be edited with reference to a three dimensional 3d display of color reproduction in the window the window shown in fig1 includes a button 1001 used to issue a load instruction of edit color data a button 1002 used to issue a save instruction of edit color data a button 1003 used to save the color reproduction edit result as a profile a 3d display area 1004 of color reproduction an edit area 1005 used to display or input a color number rgb values and l a b values in association with the color to be edited a check box 1006 used to issue an on off instruction of gamut display a check box 1007 used to turn on off a point display of an edit color a check box 1008 used to issue an on off instruction of a color reproduction display as a color reproduction edit result a check box 1009 used to turn on off a 3d display of a profile color distribution and an application end button 1010 when the user issues a load instruction of edit color data by clicking or pressing the load button 1001 of edit color data using the mouse 112 or the like edit color data stored in the hdd 105 is transferred to the main memory 102 via the scsi i f 103 and system bus.