A Grammar of Color – Part 14: The Color Sheets – Gray, Pyro Brown | Munsell Color System; Color Matching from Munsell Color Company

Color sheets from A Grammar of Color with Millcraft cover paper in Gray Antique Finish, and Rhododendron cover paper in Pyro Brown, Telanian Finish.

Another excerpt from the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color. This is the second post on the section, The Color Sheets, which shows the images and descriptions for the Gray, Antique Finish Millcraft Cover Paper and Pyro Brown, Telanian Finish Rhododendron Cover Paper, along with the analysis of the colors used and their position on the scales of hue and chroma.

Each page has a fold-out flap, containing 5 sample color combinations separated with slits, which can be tucked underneath the opposite page so the colors on each tab can be studied separately from the others. See Suggestions for Use of this Book for an explanation of how this works.

Millcraft Covers manufactured in Gray, Antique Finish.

Sheet 3: Millcraft Cover Paper: Gray, Antique Finish

Gray, 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 red-purple and green colors in direct opposition from each other in the Munsell Color System hue circle. From the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color.

This sheet resembles the two foregoing sheets inasmuch as it shows the ten regular hues of the Munsell System printed on the flaps, except that on this sheet these hues are shown at a lower value, being only three steps from the bottom of the value scale.

These colors are likewise all of medium chroma, being five steps from the neutral pole on the scale of chroma.

The arrangement of the inner and outer areas is the same as upon the foregoing sheets so that each is shown with its opposite or most strongly contrasting hue, demonstrating the same law of balance.

The decorative design is here printed in the colors of the middle flap—G 3/5 and R-P 3/5 the positions of which in the scales of hue and chroma are shown upon the above diagram.

Color Sheet page from the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, for Millcraft Covers manufactured in Gray, Antique Finish.

Sheet 4: Rhododendron Cover Paper: Pyro Brown, Telanian Finish

Color combinations for Pyro Brown Rhododendron Cover Paper.

Pyro Brown, Telanian Finish

Mediumweight, Substance No. 65

Rhododendron Covers are manufactured as follows:

White and eleven colors.

Mediumweight, 20 1/2 x 26; Substance No. 65.
Heavyweight, 20 ½ x 26; Substance No. 65 Pasted.

Antique, Ripple and Telanian Finishes.

Deckle Edges and Grain long way of sheet. 500 sheets to a ream.

Special finishes can be supplied in 5 ream lots of a color.

Diagram showing yellow-red and yellow colors in the Munsell Color System hue circle. From the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color.

All of the colors printed on this sheet lie within the field of hues comprised by YELLOW and YELLOW-RED indicated on the above diagram.

The color of the paper itself measures approximately 3Y 4/2 and of the many colors possible to combine with it harmoniously, those shown on the flaps range, in the outer areas, from a high value and weak chroma of YELLOW at the top, to a low value of YELLOW at the bottom. The inner areas range from a low value of YELLOW-RED at the top, to a high value of an intermediary hue between YELLOW and YELLOW-RED at the bottom.

The decorative design is printed in the two colors of the second flap from the top, Y6/4 and Y-R3/3. Y6/4 being of much higher value than Y-R 3/3 occupies proportionately less area. The positions of these colors in the scales of hue and chroma are shown on the diagram above.