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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
value/hue | R | RP | P | PB | B | BG | G | GY | Y | YR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | 243 225 222 | 254 219 235 | 237 223 253 | 226 228 239 | 213 232 239 | 99 252 233 | 146 251 176 | 152 252 136 | 240 235 16 | 243 227 201 |
8 | 253 187 152 | 152 252 136 | 248 185 198 | 223 188 250 | 174 204 247 | 82 220 238 | 24 227 196 | 65 229 134 | 58 233 59 | 211 207 52 |
7 | 248 151 96 | 243 147 181 | 195 158 253 | 125 178 251 | 15 190 241 | 54 194 192 | 45 199 142 | 119 195 43 | 194 177 13 | 241 157 36 |
6 | 249 101 100 | 248 93 163 | 201 111 244 | 54 152 253 | 61 160 198 | 72 163 155 | 38 170 101 | 102 165 49 | 173 147 41 | 236 116 20 |
5 | 247 23 23 | 228 45 142 | 200 32 251 | 87 110 248 | 20 133 172 | 47 136 130 | 16 140 100 | 49 141 52 | 154 118 23 | 196 95 24 |
4 | 195 25 29 | 186 24 118 | 161 22 200 | 75 68 251 | 39 105 134 | 54 107 104 | 35 111 82 | 61 110 28 | 122 94 33 | 173 62 25 |
3 | 148 19 29 | 144 13 82 | 114 24 165 | 69 28 216 | 14 79 113 | 29 82 81 | 21 85 55 | 10 87 31 | 95 71 6 | 110 63 31 |
2 | 106 3 18 | 98 11 71 | 81 13 116 | 52 19 149 | 18 56 73 | 8 58 58 | 28 58 42 | 15 60 28 | 59 52 10 | 72 47 24 |
Uncalibrated neutral (gray) values
Neutral | RGB |
---|---|
N0 | 0 0 0 |
N1 | 34 34 34 |
N2 | 52 52 52 |
N3 | 73 73 73 |
N4 | 97 97 97 |
N5 | 122 122 122 |
N6 | 147 147 147 |
N7 | 173 173 173 |
N8 | 200 200 200 |
N9 | 228 228 228 |
N9.5 | 243 243 243 |
N10 | 255 255 255 |