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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 | 5RP | 5P | 5PB | 5B | 5BG | 5G | 5GY | 5Y | 5YR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | 254 221 217 | 254 219 235 | 237 223 253 | 226 228 239 | 213 232 239 | 99 252 233 | 146 251 176 | 152 252 136 | 240 235 16 | 255 222 197 |
8 | 252 184 177 | 152 252 136 | 248 185 198 | 223 188 250 | 174 204 247 | 82 220 238 | 24 227 196 | 65 229 134 | 58 233 59 | 254 187 133 |
7 | 253 143 136 | 243 147 181 | 195 158 253 | 125 178 251 | 15 190 241 | 54 194 192 | 45 199 142 | 119 195 43 | 194 177 13 | 253 149 39 |
6 | 253 95 95 | 248 93 163 | 201 111 244 | 54 152 253 | 61 160 198 | 72 163 155 | 38 170 101 | 102 165 49 | 173 147 41 | 217 125 27 |
5 | 244 8 60 | 228 45 142 | 200 32 251 | 87 110 248 | 20 133 172 | 47 136 130 | 16 140 100 | 49 141 52 | 154 118 23 | 183 101 14 |
4 | 191 26 52 | 186 24 118 | 161 22 200 | 75 68 251 | 39 105 134 | 54 107 104 | 35 111 82 | 61 110 28 | 122 94 33 | 146 80 21 |
3 | 143 24 45 | 144 13 82 | 114 24 165 | 69 28 216 | 14 79 113 | 29 82 81 | 21 85 55 | 10 87 31 | 95 71 6 | 111 60 21 |
2 | 102 13 41 | 98 11 71 | 81 13 116 | 52 19 149 | 18 56 73 | 8 58 58 | 28 58 42 | 15 60 28 | 59 52 10 | 83 41 10 |
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 |