![A Grammar of Color - Two Proofs of a Design by Miss Helen Dryden for Vogue.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/grammar-of-color-featured-helen-dryden-balanced-color-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 12: Two Proofs of a Design by Miss Helen Dryden for Vogue
In another of our series of excerpts from the 1921 book, “A Grammar of Color”, two proofs of a Helen Dryden fashion illustration are compared to show unbalanced and balanced color, based on the Munsell Color System. Continue reading
![Book plate for A Grammar of Color book, Color Combinations section.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/grammar-of-color-featured-practical-description-munsell-color-system-suggestions-cleland-combination-colors-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 10: A Practical Description of the Munsell Color System with Suggestions for its Use: Color Combinations
This section of the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, explains how to use color theory to make good two or three color combinations while maintaining harmony. Continue reading
![Diagram demonstrating the Munsell Color System](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/munsell-color-system-diagram-115x115.jpg)
Tom Parish Podcast Investigates Color Interaction
Tom Parish Interviews Munsell for His Podcast About Color Tom Parish has professionally worked with color for years and has been exploring the science and language of color in-depth since discovering the Munsell Color System a number of years ago. … Continue reading
![The book Cover Plate for "A Grammar of Color" and heading title, "Balance of Color" from A.H. Munsell's Introduction.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/grammar-of-color-featured-unbalance-of-color-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 5: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – Unbalance of Color
Using examples like discords in music, A.H. Munsell explains the concept of unbalance of color in this section of the Introduction for the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, published posthumously by the Strathmore Paper Company. … Continue reading
![Book Cover Plate for "A Grammar of Color" and "Balance of Color" heading title - Image from A.H. Munsell's Introduction - Balance of Color](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/grammar-of-color-featured-balance-of-color-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 4: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – Balance of Color
Balance of Color, explains the application of color balance and provides three color composition examples that achieve balance, using the color sphere. It is a section of the Introduction for the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, written by A. … Continue reading
![A selection of beautifully hand knitted colored scarves at the Blackberry Bear booth at the Fountain Hills art and craft show.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/blackberry-bear-wearable-art-115x115.jpg)
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
![Cover Plate for "A Grammar of Color" and "The Color Sphere" heading title - Image from A.H. Munsell's Introduction - The Color Sphere](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/grammar-of-color-cover-logo-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 3: Introduction to the Munsell Color System – The Color Sphere
A. H. Munsell provided the Introduction for the 1921 book, A Grammar of Color, which was published posthumously by the Strathmore Paper Company. The introduction includes sections on The Color Sphere, Balance of Color, and Unbalance of Color. … Continue reading
![Painting: After School, by Harold Ransom Stevenson](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/harold-ransom-stevenson-115x115.jpg)
Norman Rockwell, Frank J Reilly, Munsell and Me
by Cynthia Bogart (Featured image, left: “After School” by Harold Ransom Stevenson) In my previous life, I was a professional artist, classically trained. Even though I am not currently practicing doesn’t mean that the training I received is all for … Continue reading
![Cover plate for A Grammar of Color, a 1921 book about the Munsell Color System.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/grammar-of-color-cover-logo-115x115.jpg)
A Grammar of Color – Part 1
Arrangements of Strathmore Papers in a Variety of Printed Color Combinations According to The Munsell Color System A Grammar of Color was published in 1921 by the Strathmore Paper Company and was intended to explain the Albert H. Munsell color … Continue reading
![Brilliant purple fields of Lavender in Provence, France.](https://munsell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/provence-lavendar-featured-115x115.jpg)
Travel by Munsell Color
Have you ever chosen your next vacation based purely on a photograph? Yep, me too. Whether a beach paradise or an exciting city twinkling by twilight, a beautiful image can be enough to tempt you towards your chosen trip. … Continue reading