From 1942, a first volume pocket-sized adaptation of the original Book of Color includes 19 color charts, separated by clear Mylar sheets in a 6 ring binder. This particular vintage edition actually...
In our previous blog entry on “Visual Analytics with Complementary and Analogous Color Harmony," we discussed how to build the Munsell Color Wheel and presented Complementary and Analogous color harmony...
The Munsell color system uses a numerical scale to identify color, rather than "traditional naming conventions" which can be easily misinterpreted. The system helps create uniformity in the way a color...
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...
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...
Did you Take the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Color Vision Test and Want to Know How Well You Scored? The FM 100 Hue Test shows you if you are low, average or superior at discriminating color. Read on to...
In this blog, we discuss how to create a color wheel using the Munsell color order system and how to apply concepts of the resulting color harmony to developing visual analytics.
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These definitions, taken from the Munsell Manual of Color, were originally published in 1929.
Learning the meaning behind color terms, will help to better understand how the color system works.
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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...
We interviewed forensic soil scientist Kathleen Murray to talk about her study: Soil Transference Patterns on Bras: Image Processing and Laboratory Dragging Experiments.
What is forensic soil analysis?
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