COLOR TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MINIMIZED TRANSFORMATION ERRORS

A color transformation method of transforming a first color component set representing a first color space to a second color component set representing a second color space is provided. The method comprising: reading the first color component set; transforming the read first color component set to the second color component set using a predetermined transformation function; and storing the second color component set to correspond to the first color component set, wherein the transformation function is defined by: defining a first transformation matrix used for acquiring dominant components of the first color component set and multiplying each of the elements of the determined first transformation matrix by a predetermined integer k. The method further comprises inverse-transforming the second color component set to the first color component set.