The present invention realizes a specular gloss simulation device which
can accurately simulate specular glossiness of an image even if the image
has a low density and low glossiness by measuring, in a given geometry,
luminance of a sample having a base material and a colorant material
layer formed on the base material and then simulating a specular
reflection light amount in an other geometry from the measured luminance.
A specular gloss simulation device is provided with a lower layer
reflection light component calculating section for calculating a lower
layer reflection light component, an internal reflection light component
creating section for creating an internal reflection light component, a
surface reflection light component creating section for creating a
surface reflection light component, and a specular reflection light
amount calculating section for obtaining a specular reflection light
amount of the sample by adding up the components thus created by each
section.