Reaching for Color Knowledge in the Leaves of a Tree
As I’m siting at my desk with a pencil in my hand, and a search light in my head turned on – I find myself on a quest to find a visual image for my inspiration. It flickers and fades, … Continue reading
Saturated at Cooper Hewitt: A Fascinating Look at the World of Color
We got a chance to speak with Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi, Reference Librarian at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, to talk about a new color exhibit, Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color. … Continue reading
Visual Analytics with the Munsell Color Wheel and Triad Harmony
Typically, a triad color harmony uses three colors that are equally spaced around a color wheel where the total numbers of hues can be divided into three. For Munsell Color Harmony, this is not possible since there are a total number … Continue reading
ISCC Webinar – Albert H. Munsell: The Father of Color Science?
As a part of the ISCC’s webinar series focused on the Munsell Centennial Color Symposium, John Seymour, aka “John the Math Guy,” will present a webinar: “Albert Munsell – the Father of Color Science?” … Continue reading
Teaching Color to Elementary Students: Fourth Grade Lesson
We continue our series of excerpts of Albert’s lesson plans for students from Chapter II of A Color Notation, the 1905 book that introduces the Munsell color order system using the three dimensions of color, HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA to … Continue reading
100 Years of Color Communication: The Munsell Symposium
An interview with event co-chairs, Maggie Maggio & Paula Alessi Where did the idea of holding a symposium come from? Marie Meyer, an artist and author of the Multi-Brand Color Chart for pastels, contacted the ISCC and AIC last year … Continue reading
The Conical Spiral & Color Harmony
We recently received this question from a visualization major… We use the New Munsell Student Color Set in our color theory course. In the chapter about color harmony, Munsell shows us a few 3-dimensional theories to create a balanced color … Continue reading
Teaching Color to Elementary Students: Third Grade Lesson
We continue our series of excerpts of Albert’s lesson plans for students from Chapter II of A Color Notation, the 1905 book that introduces the Munsell color order system using the three dimensions of color, HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA to … Continue reading
Teaching Color to Elementary Students: Second Grade Lesson
This is an excerpt from Chapter II of A Color Notation, the 1905 book that introduces the Munsell color order system using the three dimensions of color, HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA, to define and differentiate color. Part II of this book provides … Continue reading
Albert Munsell Campobello Painting at FDR House
Set back from the road, in the picturesque woods of the Mid-Hudson River Valley, sits the place Franklin D. Roosevelt called home – the Springwood estate. The early 1800’s Georgian Colonial style mansion sits on 800 beautiful acres along the … Continue reading
