Color expression comes in many shades. Thanks to the work of Albert H. Munsell, color expression has never been easier and more accurate. If Munsell were here today, he would most definitely have blogged about color and his work in helping you communicate color more effectively. So in the spirit of Munsell’s passion for making sense of color, we created the Munsell color blog to continue Munsell’s legacy of color expression in art, industry and education.
Visit the color blog often to learn new and interesting applications for Munsell Color from art and agriculture to design, science and more!
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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...
Perhaps a precursor to today's Fundamentals of Color course, the "Training of the Color Senses" lecture was held by Albert H. Munsell in 1908 at MIT's Huntington Hall. At the lecture, Munsell presented...
The term “pyrotechnics” lends itself to meaning “the science of fire.” But for most people watching a fireworks display, there is not so much science, but the wonderful art of it all! The fireworks...
Alice Scherer is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society of Bead Researchers. She is also the founder of the Center for the Study of Beadwork and is an independent scholar studying indigenous beading traditions....
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...
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...
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,...
It was 1900, and as Albert Munsell continued to develop the Munsell Color Theory, he was determined to put his color system to work in education. (more…)
Soil color is like a family tree. It tells scientists about the present and the past. Just as the family tree might help explain how you ended up with curly hair, soil color reveals the composition...
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. (more…)
