1. An N-color color management method, where N>4, comprising: receiving image data information of at least five colors; processing four colors of the at least five colors with a 4-color management tool to form a first 4-color model; mapping the processed four colors into three virtual colors using the first printer model; processing the mapped virtual three colors and one additional unprocessed color of the at least five colors with the 4-color management tool to form a second 4-color model; cascading the first and second 4-color models to form a color model of at least five output colors; and generating print samples with the processed at least five colors.