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Munsell colour system

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Munsell colour system
A system of classification of colours composed of about 1000 colour samples, each designated by a letter and number system. The letter and number of each sample indicate its hue, saturation (called chroma in this system) and brightness (called value). They are represented by a three-dimensional polar coordinate system in which the hue is represented along the circumference, the value along the vertical axis and the chroma along a radius (Fig. M14). See colorimetry; Farnsworth test.
Fig. M14 Schematic representation of the three coordinates of the Munsell colour systemenlarge picture
Fig. M14 Schematic representation of the three coordinates of the Munsell colour system


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Once she's armed with all the information she needs, Ann uses her knowledge picked up while training in image consultancy at the wellrespected Colour Me Beautiful centre in London, combined with the Munsell colour system - a scientific way of establishing how people react to certain colours - to decide what shades the client should be wearing.
Kay used in their work the colour array basing on Munsell colour system, where every subject has to find the suitable focal point for the respective colour term (the colour tile best fitting the term) and thereafter the whole area befitting the colour term was elucidated (Berlin, Kay 1969 : 5-7).
 
 
 
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