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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 | 248 222 229 | 237 223 253 | 217 229 249 | 213 232 239 | 99 252 233 | 146 251 176 | 152 252 136 | 240 235 16 | 255 222 197 |
8 | 252 184 177 | 252 181 204 | 225 185 255 | 167 203 255 | 174 204 247 | 82 220 238 | 24 227 196 | 65 229 134 | 58 233 59 | 254 187 133 |
7 | 253 143 136 | 255 137 182 | 213 147 253 | 124 176 248 | 15 190 241 | 54 194 192 | 45 199 142 | 119 195 43 | 194 177 13 | 253 149 39 |
6 | 253 95 95 | 252 86 163 | 206 102 253 | 52 150 251 | 61 160 198 | 72 163 155 | 38 170 101 | 102 165 49 | 173 147 41 | 217 125 27 |
5 | 244 8 60 | 231 28 142 | 198 30 248 | 38 124 211 | 20 133 172 | 47 136 130 | 16 140 100 | 49 141 52 | 154 118 23 | 183 101 14 |
4 | 191 26 52 | 184 20 117 | 160 17 198 | 5 98 176 | 39 105 134 | 54 107 104 | 35 111 82 | 61 110 28 | 122 94 33 | 146 80 21 |
3 | 143 24 45 | 138 19 92 | 122 8 150 | 22 74 132 | 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 | 87 10 106 | 18 52 95 | 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 |