Fifty-five Years Using the Munsell Color System
By Priscilla Palmer I was introduced to the Munsell Color System in 1958-59 while a freshman student at U.C.L.A. I still have the booklet we were given in class: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System and Suggestions for … Continue reading
Shirley Williams, Artist: Studying Color and Using Color in Art
Shirley Williams has been a professional gallery artist for over 20 years. Her colorful, organic abstract paintings have been exhibited and collected internationally. Here she covers how the Munsell Color order system is used to create her artwork, from selecting … Continue reading
Evolution of a Color System: A. H. Munsell Becomes a Color Rock Star
It was 1908 and A.H. Munsell continued to spread the word about his then revolutionary color order system. In addition to his stints abroad, touring with leading physicists and other scientific luminaries to share his new color theory, he was … Continue reading
Albert H. Munsell the Artist
Although best known for his Munsell Color System, Albert H. Munsell was first an artist, although little is known about his art. Munsell was in his early 20’s when the Impressionism art movement was in full swing (1870’s to 1880’s). … Continue reading
Color Research . . . the Art and Science of the Munsell Color Order System
It was the early 1900’s and A.H. Munsell was fully immersed in scientific research on color in preparation for his upcoming book A Color Notation. While his impetus for developing the Munsell Color Order System was rooted in education—a logical, … 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
