1. A method of capturing data from a patient's dentition, comprising the steps of: positioning a first optical sensor relative to patient's dentition; capturing via the first optical sensor at least a portion of the shape of a tooth in the patient's dentition and based thereon providing a first virtual dentition model representing that shape in a three-dimensional coordinate system, independent from capturing the shape, measuring a first color at a first location on the tooth portion; providing a correlation between the first location of the first color and a coordinate in the first virtual dentition model; providing a second virtual dentition model of a dental restoration; matching the first and second virtual dentition model to provide a resulting virtual dentition model; and assigning the resulting virtual restoration model the first color or a color based on the first color.