Munsell

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Albert Munsell, Color Notation 1905

Munsell's color notation was the first to arrange the color perception components—hue, value, and chroma—into a three-dimensional arrangement. There 10 hues in Munsell's notation: R, YR, Y, GY, G, BG, B, PB, P, RP. Value ranges from 0 (black) to 10 (white). Chroma ranges from 0 (gray) to 30+. The hue is specified first, followed by value/chroma; e.g., 5R 3/4 is a red of value 3, chroma 4. There is a reasonable introduction to Munsell in the Wikipedia. Data for conversion from Munsell to CIE xyY can be found here. An online tool for exploring Munsell (unfortunately, Windows only) can be found here.

Uncalibrated Munsell to RGB conversion tables (gamma 2.2)

value/hue 5R 5YR 5Y 5GY 5G 5BG 5B 5PB 5P 5RP
9
254 221 217
255 222 197
253 228 111
205 244 46
113 254 190
73 254 233
181 238 252
217 229 249
237 223 253
248 222 229
8
252 184 177
254 187 133
231 199 34
176 215 8
46 228 161
56 223 207
81 218 255
167 203 255
225 185 255
252 181 204
7
253 143 136
253 149 39
202 172 23
151 187 12
43 197 140
57 193 181
37 189 225
124 176 248
213 147 253
255 137 182
6
253 95 95
217 125 27
173 145 17
128 158 36
32 167 120
47 164 155
30 160 192
52 150 251
206 102 253
252 86 163
5
244 8 60
183 101 14
143 120 34
104 131 29
10 139 98
45 135 129
28 132 160
38 124 211
198 30 248
231 28 142
4
191 26 52
146 80 21
114 95 27
82 105 23
34 109 80
33 107 104
18 105 129
5 98 176
160 17 198
184 20 117
3
143 24 45
111 60 21
87 72 23
61 80 19
28 83 62
28 81 80
31 79 95
22 74 132
122 8 150
138 19 92
2
102 13 41
83 41 10
63 51 11
42 57 12
25 58 45
8 58 58
10 57 71
18 52 95
87 10 106
98 11 71

Uncalibrated neutral values (gamma 2.2)

Neutral RGB
N10
255 255 255
N9.5
243 243 243
N9
228 228 228
N8
200 200 200
N7
173 173 173
N6
147 147 147
N5
122 122 122
N4
97 97 97
N3
73 73 73
N2
52 52 52
N1
34 34 34
N0
0 0 0

= more useful colors (gamma 2.2)

value/hue 10PB 10GY 10Y
9
227 226 247
134 255 119
240 235 16
8
199 195 252
26 233 42
211 206 21
7
173 163 252
35 201 46
182 178 44
6
150 131 249
31 170 44
154 151 35
5
135 91 252
28 141 41
127 125 31
4
128 25 248
24 112 37
101 100 24
3
99 18 186
6 85 30
77 75 22
2
72 13 131
15 60 28
55 54 13


Hue, value, and chroma are all equal perceptual spacing!
5Y 8/10 and 5PB 4/20
Each hue goes from 0 to 10, e.g. 2.5RP; value goes from 0 to 10; and chroma goes from 0 to 30+