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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
