
Munsell’s New Book Answers the Question: What Are Neutral Colors?
Munsell Color is happy to announce its latest new book release, “The Munsell Book of Color – Nearly Neutrals Collection,” aimed at helping professionals and artist with identifying hard to define colors like the different shades of white. … Continue reading

Munsell Unlocked My Palette Part 1: How Artists Can Mix Any Colour They Want
Paul Foxton is a self-taught artist who believes that anyone can learn to draw. He helps people learn to draw and paint better by sharing effective practice methods on his website Learning to See. … Continue reading

A Paint Color Matching System that uses Munsell: Dunn-Edwards Paint Corporation
Sara McLean, the Color Marketing Manager at Dunn-Edwards Paint Corporation and the Editor of the blog specs+spaces, gives us an inside look at how Munsell color theory was used to create the Dunn-Edwards Perfect Palette color order system. … Continue reading

Using Spectral Reflectance to Protect Films from Digital Theft
Thanks to Amir Rastar for this fascinating application of the Munsell Color System. Amir has developed an interesting technique for protecting films from digital theft. Would-be thieves will learn that crime doesn’t pay, but only after they’ve tried to view … Continue reading

Soil Color Analysis at Montpelier Forest Gives Clues to Past
Munsell’s soil color system was employed by scientists studying 200 acres of forest in Montpelier, Vermont. Technicians spent several days obtaining soil samples for laboratory analysis, extracting soil from different locations, and at different depths. … Continue reading

Munsell Color Branding for Corporate Identity Branding
Color branding has been used in corporate identity branding for years to invoke emotion and is an element of brand recognition. Color is an obvious identifier, and it helps us create meaningful and memorable associations. … Continue reading

Munsell Color Order System; Why it is the Best
A.H. Munsell thought of everything when he developed the Munsell Color Order System, including the top ten reasons why it works so well. So Munsell was not only an artist with latent scientist tendencies, but also a good marketer. Here … Continue reading

Munsell Color Chroma – 3rd Step in Munsell Color Order System
Albert Munsell again returned to his artist roots to develop the color chroma scale, which refers to the strength (also known as saturation) or weakness of a given color. … Continue reading

Munsell Color Value Scale: The 2nd Step Away From Color Anarchy
Albert Munsell had “color conviction.” He was determined to develop an effective, systematic means for communicating and teaching color, much like the three-dimensional system of music where each sound is comprised of three elements—pitch, intensity and duration. … Continue reading

The Munsell Color Wheel Charts & Theory Behind Them
Imagine yourself back in the late 1800′s… electric light bulbs were “high tech” and Albert H. Munsell, being from the metropolitan Boston area, was unlikely to have indoor plumbing. … Continue reading

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