Munsell Color Order and the World of Colored Diamonds
While colored diamonds have been cherished throughout time, it wasn’t until the late 1970’s/early 1980’s that they began to capture the gem industry and consumer’s attention. At that time, innovations in diamond cutting, the discovery of a new mine yielding … Continue reading
Directions for the Use of the Charts: Munsell Book of Color Pocket Edition
This text is an insert from the first volume of the Munsell Book of Color Pocket Edition from 1942, and outlines the use of the color charts. A pocket-sized adaptation of the original Book of Color, it was intended to be used … Continue reading
A Review of the Nickerson Horticultural Fan Deck
This review of the Nickerson Horticultural Fan Deck first appeared in, The Bulletin of Popular Information of the Arnoldia Arboretum, Harvard University, September 20th, 1957. It is still relevant today to show the reasoning behind creating a color standard for Horticulturalists … Continue reading
The Nickerson Fan Deck: Horticultural Colour Chart Names with Munsell Key
A Munsell key is provided for the 800 samples in the two-volume edition of the Horticultural Colour Chart (HCC) published 1939/40 by the British Colour Council in cooperation with the Royal Horticultural Council. The charts are known also as the … Continue reading
The Nickerson Color Fan Guide
This is an accompanying guide to the 1957 Nickerson Color Fan, a horticultural color chart created by color technologist Dorothy Nickerson. It describes what fields will benefit from the use of the fan deck, how to use the deck as … Continue reading
The Nickerson Color Fan: A Horticultural Color Chart
In 1949, when Dorothy Nickerson was a Color Technologist for the United States Department of Agriculture, she worked to create a horticulture color chart. We wanted to share this vintage fan deck with you. … Continue reading
Continua: Phone Books, Mapping Color and the Munsell Color Tree
My enchantment with the color continuum began during my tenure as a Foundations instructor at Tyler School of Art, where the traditional color wheel still lies at the heart of the study and application of color theory. Over the course … Continue reading
Munsell’s New Replacement Color Chips
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Replacement Color Chips are Fast, Easy Affordable Replacements for any Munsell Book of Color … Continue reading
