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
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
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
Munsell Manual of Color – Defining and Explaining the Fundamental Characteristics of Color
This “little booklet” was originally published in 1929 and contains summarized materials from the Munsell Book of Color. It was intended to reach a wider audience, to help facilitate a basic understanding of the color system and to spark an … Continue reading
Color in a New Light Exhibition
We sat down with Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi, Reference Librarian at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, to talk about the exhibit, Color in a New Light. The exhibition follows the theme of color through the vast collections … Continue reading
The Munsell Book of Color 1929: Hue, Value & Chroma
This section of the 1st edition of the Munsell Book of Color from 1929 discusses the three dimensions of color: Hue, Value and Chroma. … Continue reading
The Munsell Book of Color 1929: Foreward by F.G. Cooper
The first publication of the Munsell color system was from the 1905, A Color Notation. The Atlas of Color followed in 1913, which fully illustrated the system. Then in 1929, the Munsell Book of Color was published, a revision and extension of … Continue reading
Alexander Ector Orr Munsell by Dorothy Nickerson
Alexander Ector Orr Munsell died of a heart attack on March 26, 1983 at Beekman Downtown Hospital in New York City. He was 87 years old. … Continue reading
How Color Revolutionized Our World: An Interview With Regina Lee Blaszczyk Part 4
In the final chapter of our series on The Color Revolution, we talk with author Regina Lee Blaszczyk about the importance of color theory, color trends and what Munsell would think about our color world today. … Continue reading
How Color Revolutionized Our World: An Interview With Regina Lee Blaszczyk Part 2
In Part 2 of our series, we continue our conversation with The Color Revolution author, Regina Lee Blaszczyk, discussing the auto industry, the World’s Fair of 1933 and Munsell’s “eureka” moment. … Continue reading
