tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13307703.post-1163627967208138902006-11-15T15:58:00.000-06:002006-11-16T10:05:08.216-06:00The Munsell color system was devised as a way to describe all of the different shades of color. It assigns a number value to every color imaginable, so it's useful for everything from mixing paints, to interior decorating, to classifying soil and plant colors. The Munsell notation is composed of 3 parts: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hue</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Value</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chroma</span>. You can think of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hue</span> as the actual color, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Value</span> as how light or dark it is, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chroma</span> as the vividness of the color.<br /><br />An example of the notation is 10YR 5/8. For this 'chip', 10YR is the Hue, 5 is the Value and 3 is the Chroma. So it's a Yellow/Red that isn't very light or dark, and is quite vivid.<br /><br />Take a look at one of our <a href="http://www.benmeadows.com/refinfo/techfacts/color_system_munsell_1151.htm">TechInfo documents</a> that describes the Munsell color system in more detail! Click the TechInfo logo below and check it out: <br /><a href="http://www.benmeadows.com/refinfo/techfacts/color_system_munsell_1151.htm"><img style="width: 86px; height: 21px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5716/1164/200/TechInfoIcon.jpg" border="0" height="34" width="122" /></a>Ben Teamnoreply@blogger.com0