Munsell Color

09/13/2018

Aside from not speaking English I wanted to know – did we speak the same “color” language?

Alicia D. Keshishian life's mission is to understand color. Journey through the world of textiles, and see how using color, she weaves happiness into all of her creations.

08/29/2018

History of the early color systems and how Albert Munsell started his own. https://munsell.com/color-blog/history-of-color-systems/

Your color is our business! www.munsell.com

08/28/2018

Aleksandar Maćašev's fascinating journey to answer the question "Why That Color?" https://munsell.com/color-blog/why-color-important-exists-meaning/

08/27/2018

Dorothy Nickerson's 1957 Maximum Chroma 40 Hue Fan developed for Munsell Color https://munsell.com/color-blog/nickerson-color-fan-horticultural-chart/

08/26/2018

Happy National Dog Day!
We color notated our favorite pups... Check them out!

Dog colors. Have you every looked really closely at all the many shades that your dog 'best friend' carries around all day? Your pet will love the loving attention they get while you match the details of their fur to the Munsell color chart.

08/25/2018

"No visible thing is without color." - F.G. Cooper

Foreward by writer, cartoonist & illustrator F.G. Cooper from the original 1929 publication of the Munsell Book of Color.

08/24/2018

Learning about opposite/contrasting or complementary colors from the book, A Grammar of Color... https://munsell.com/color-blog/a-grammar-of-color-complementary-colors/

08/23/2018

"Through sophisticated branding & communication, color is used to communicate more subtly a variety of other values"

Ever wonder why stop is red and green is go? Color coding can help us quickly assess what our responses need to be, often times, without us even thinking about it.

08/18/2018

Hear The Rainbow: a sensory experience for exploring the relationship we have with HSL 3D colour space through sound...

Explore Sophie Kirkham's project, Hear The Rainbow. By emulating the way our brain and body processes color, she has created a synaesthetic interactive sonification system designed to turn colour into sound.

08/17/2018

Second Grade Lesson Plan: Yellow-Red, Green-Yellow, Blue-Green, Purple-Blue...

In the second part of this series, students learn how to discern colors between primary colors, Yellow-Red, Green-Yellow, Blue-Green, Purple-Blue - the intermediates.

08/16/2018

Color combinations + specific emotional touchpoints = Color Scripts for Animators

Learn how a professor of animation is using the Munsell system to help students use color symbolism to support their film narratives.

08/15/2018

Effects of light, transparency, thickness & chemical composition affecting color in Fused Glass Art

Fused glass color differs from color in other mediums. Learn about glass attributes and how to better control your color results.