Neil Harbisson – Part 1: Rearranging the Senses of Color Sight and Sound
A Life With Complete Color Blindness Neil Harbisson can’t see color. He never has. He was born with achromatopsia, a condition that only allows him to see in grayscale. Now think about that for a minute. Can you imagine a … Continue reading
How Do Online Color Vision Tests Compare with Analog (Physical) Tests
A customer recently shared a story with us about results they had gotten from taking an online color vision test vs results they received from a physical test. Here is what they said: … 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
Color Website Inspiration Part I
There are colorful websites, websites about color and especially cool websites that are both about color and use color in new intriguing ways. With a mouse in hand, the internet at our fingertips and a whole color wheel to choose … Continue reading
Color & Light: Is Lighting Affecting Your Sales, Environment & Health
Have you ever designed a graphics project, an interior, applied cosmetic or dressed yourself under one lighting condition and everything looked perfectly fine? But when you looked at the same colors in a different lighting environment they looked horrible? … 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
Albert H. Munsell: Artist and Author of A Color Notation
Ground breaking work in art and science color communication tools Although best known for his groundbreaking work on a visually organized system of color—A Color Notation—Munsell was also an accomplished artist. He was known for his portrait paintings and seascapes … Continue reading
