There are many pages of Color Sheets in the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color. We continue with our excerpts from this book with Color Sheets 5 and 6: Millcraft Cover Paper in Brown, Antique Finish, and Bannockburn Cover in Grouse Drab, along with an analysis of where these colors lie in the hue, value, chroma scales of the Munsell Color System.
At the bottom of this post are the other chapters of A Grammar of Color that have been published so far on the Munsell Color Blog. We recommend reading them first if you are not familiar with Munsell color theory.
The chapter, Suggestions for Use of this Book explains how the Color Sheets section of the book works. Each page has 5 sample color combinations on a fold-out flap, which are separated with slits so they can be tucked above or below the opposite page so each tab’s colors can be viewed separately from the other tabs.
Sheet 5 – Millcraft Cover – Brown – Antique Finish
Color combinations for Brown, Antique Finish Millcraft Cover Paper.
Brown, Antique Finish
26 x 40, 130 lbs., Substance No. 65
Millcraft Covers are manufactured as follows:
White and six colors.
26 x 40, 80 lbs., Substance No. 40.
26 x 40, 130 lbs., Substance No. 65.
26 x 40, Heavyweight, Substance No. 65 Pasted.
Deckle Edges and Grain are 40 inch way of the sheet. 500 sheets to a ream.
Special Finishes can be supplied in 5 ream lots of a color.
Diagram showing the colors printed on this sheet lying within the Yellow-Red to Green-Yellow field of hues in the Munsell Color System hue circle. From the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color.
The colors printed on this sheet, as well as the color of the paper itself, all lie within the YELLOW- RED to GREEN-YELLOW field of hues.
On the flaps, the colors of the outer areas are all of the hue — 2 YELLOW: that is a hue which is two intermediary steps away from YELLOW-RED in the direction of YELLOW. They range from a high value at the top, to a low value at the bottom, and vary in chroma.
In the inner areas the colors vary in hue, those of the bottom and the middle flaps being GREEN-YELLOW, and those of the other flaps being 7 YELLOW — an intermediary hue which lies between YELLOW and GREEN-YELLOW. They also range from a high value at the top to a low value at the bottom.
The decorative design is printed in the colors of the middle flap, the positions of which, in the scales of hue and chroma, are shown on the diagram above.
Color Sheet page from the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, for Millcraft Cover Paper manufactured in Brown, Antique Finish.
Sheet 6 – Bannockburn Cover – Grouse Drab
Color combinations for Grouse Drab colored Bannockburn Cover Paper.
Grouse Drab
26 x 20, Lightweight, Substance No. 50
Bannockburn Cover is manufactured as follows:
White and seven colors.
Lightweight, 26 x 20; Substance No. 50.
Heavyweight, 26 x 20; Substance No. 50 Pasted.
Deckle Edges and Grain 20 inch way of the sheet.
500 sheets to a ream.
Diagram showing Yellow-Red colors in the Munsell Color System hue circle. From the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color.
The colors printed on this sheet all lie within the field of hues, extending somewhat more than a quarter way around the circle, from GREEN-YELLOW at one extremity, to the intermediary point — 7 RED at the other. Their relation to the paper is established through the fact that the hue of the paper, which is 3 YELLOW, lies about midway in this field.
On the flaps, the colors, of the outer areas, all of the same low value, range from GREEN-YELLOW at the top through various steps of hue and chroma, to 7 RED at the bottom. In the inner areas, they are all of the same, or of neighboring hues to their respective outer areas, ranging from YELLOW of medium value and chroma at the top to 7 RED again at the bottom, through various steps of hue, value and chroma.
The decorative design is printed in the colors of the fourth flap from the top, the positions of which, in the scales of hue and chroma, are shown on the diagram above.
Color Sheet page from the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, for Bannockburn Cover Paper manufactured in Grouse Drab.
“A Grammar of Color” Chapters:
- Part 1: Home Page
- Part 2: Preface, by the Strathmore Paper Company
- Part 3: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – The Color Sphere
- Part 4: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – Balance of Color
- Part 5: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – Unbalance of Color
- Part 6: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for Its Use – Section One: Hue, Value, Chroma
- Part 7: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for its Use: Color Chroma Scale
- Part 8: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for its Use: Opposite or Complementary Colors
- Part 9: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for its Use: Balance
- Part 10: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for its Use: Color Combinations
- Part 11: Suggestions for Use & A Note on the Printing of this Book
- Part 12: Two Proofs of a Design by Miss Helen Dryden for Vogue
- Part 13: The Color Sheets – Frost Gray; The Three Dimensions of Color
- Part 14: The Color Sheets – Gray, Pyro Brown
- Part 15: The Color Sheets – Brown, Grouse Drab
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