The invention provides a calculating method for a complex frequency spectrum chromatic diagram and color characteristic values, which pertains to the field of chromatometry for measuring and calculating the chroma of visible light. Wherein, a spectrum function s(Lambada) is multiplied by Rho (Lambada) or s(Lambada) is multiplied by Tau (Lambada) got by a spectrophotometer of visible light is transformed into a vector function of complex frequency spectrum Eta (Theta), the monochromic light of each frequency is a color vector. By integrating, such color characteristic values as color intensity C, color hue H, color balance Ba, color saturation level S and color brightness L are obtained for the color light. Taking above as a platform, the composition of two different colors can be predicated, so as to predicate their composition efficiency Eta c and balancing efficiency Eta ba, also color-difference (Delta L and Delta c) calculation can be carried out for two similar colors. In addition, the derivation of the complex frequency spectrum chromatic diagram and color characteristic values can also be used for color decomposition, color composition, color measurement, color transferring, and color-mating calculation, etc. The invention is applicable for such fields as photography, picture taking, color TV, color picture developing, printing, dyeing, painting, coating, illumination, identification and transmitting of color signals, color matching of clothes and determining of decoration colors, etc.