Hue is the most obvious measurement of a color. This first chapter of The Munsell Color System gives an overview of Albert Munsell's three qualities of color - Hue, Value and Chroma. The Forward to this book contains an interesting background and history about how the Munsell Color System came about. We have reproduced the original illustrations from the book and added a few of our own. Cleland goes on to show how to put the theory into practice.Ĭlick the links below to begin reading our edited version of this interesting and easy to understand book on The Munsell Color Theory. Having explained color balance and "opposite" colors, as Munsell calls them, Mr. He then goes on to explain how to use the Munsell Color Theory to balance colors in order to achieve color harmony and how to find complementary colors. Cleland has written this book which describes exactly what is meant by Color Hue, Color Value and Munsell Chroma. In 1914 he was invited to present his findings to the scientific communities of England, France and Germany. His work was embraced by the scientific community. He published a standard color atlas defining the Munsell Color Standard which, before his work, had been an impossible task. Chroma was defined as how strong or weak a color is. Value was defined as how light or dark a color is. Hue was defined as the actual color, red, blue, green, etc. He defined color in terms of Hue, Value and Chroma. Using his system made it possible to discuss color scientifically. From his own work and experiments, he developed the Munsell Color System. While attending the Boston Normal Art School in the late 19th century, Albert Munsell was keenly aware that a practical theory of color did not exist.
The Munsell Color System A Practical Description With Suggestions for Its Use by T.
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