A Color Notation


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A Color Notation is a method developed by A. H. Munsell in order to produce a unified system of color classification. The system identifies three color dimensions hue (color name), value (lightness), and chroma (color purity) and was the first to base the outcome on a scientifically rigorous method of testing humans' color vision. The three dimensions are depicted on a color sphere with pure hue changing around the equator, value changing from light to dark from the north to the south pole, and chroma varying on the inside of the sphere towards the neutral grey of the north-south axis. The Munsell system is still widely used today, for example to define skin and hair colors for forensic pathology, for matching soil colors, or for the selection of shades for dental restorations. (Summary by Availle).
(3 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Preface and Introduction 5:51 Read by Availle
Part I I: Color Names 16:04 Read by Availle
Appendix 1 4:10 Read by Availle
II: Color Qualities 26:47 Read by Availle
Appendix 2 2:25 Read by Availle
III: Color Mixture 29:35 Read by Availle
Appendix 3 6:58 Read by Availle
IV: Prismatic Colors 12:12 Read by Availle
Appendix 4 14:50 Read by Availle
V: The Pigment Color Sphere 22:25 Read by Availle
Appendix 5 3:18 Read by Availle
VI: Color Notation 11:34 Read by Availle
VII: Color Harmony 23:42 Read by Availle
Part II: A Color System and Course of Study 21:57 Read by Availle
Glossary of Color Terms 15:42 Read by Availle