Munsell’s “Hand-book of the Color Sphere” along with lectures on Munsell Color Theory were precursors to Munsell’s AColor Notation. The color sphere concept is still used today by Munsell Color, Division of X-Rite, to establish government and industry color standards and environmental color standards and to manufacture the Munsell Books of Color for color palette development and communication. Perhaps the most valuable idea behind the Munsell Color Theory is the fact that his color sphere concept allows for nearly infinite colors, each of which can be easily imagined when you learn how the system works-much the way understanding how latitude and longitude lines of a globe can give you a general idea of geographic location. The hand-book described the color sphere and its evolution and also explained the practical application of it using real world examples. To that end, he developed his “Hand-book of the Color Sphere” for teachers and their students to help train them on what Munsell calls “color sense” – understanding color names and their values. Munsell believed that the color sphere was essential to teach accurate ideas of color value.
Munsell tells us in his color diary that Pritchard said of Munsell’s handbook that, “It is interesting – I am under obligation to you for a new view of color.” Pritchard also mentioned that he thought Munsell’s book was “a necessity in education.” ( As it turns out, the Munsell Color System is still “a necessity” in color education today.) Munsell’s “Hand-book of the Color Sphere” He had already spent the past ten years developing his color sphere, which was an integral part of the text book. His two criteria were that the book be elementary, as for a child and assume that the teacher is ignorant of color. Pritchard wanted the book to be used by teachers to help them explain the Munsell Color System to students from grammar school to high school. Pritchard, master at the Everett Grammar School of Boston, Massachusetts, approached Munsell to develop a text book. The true test of Munsell’s achievement came in June of 1900 when Myron T. After all, Munsell was as much an educator as an artist, whose life work was based on finding a way to make color communication and education easier and more understandable. S.It was 1900, and as Albert Munsell continued to develop the Munsell Color Theory, he was determined to put his color system to work in education. Eliot Ted Kooser Terry Tempest Williams The Avett Brothers Tolkien W. Salinger Jack Gilbert Jack Kerouac Jane Hirshfield Jane Kenyon Jim Harrison Kevin Young Kim Addonizio Kim Dower life Linda Pastan Lisel Mueller Louise Glück Love Lyrics Margaret Atwood Marie Howe Mark Strand Mary Oliver Mother Naomi Shihab Nye Neil Gaiman Pablo Neruda Peace Philip Seymour Hoffman poetry Rainer Maria Rilke Rattle Ray Bradbury Raymond Carver Reader Favorite Reader Recommended Reading Repost Richard Jackson Richard Siken Robert Bly Robert Frost Ronald Koertge Ross Gay Rumi Sarah Kay Seamus Heaney slam poetry spring stardust Stephen Dunn Summer Sylvia Plath T.S. cummings Edward Hirsch Ellen Bass Emily Dickinson Faith Shearin Galway Kinnell Garrison Keillor Glen Hansard Gratitude grief J.D. Join 4,716 other followers Care to read through the archives? Care to read through the archives? Categories Categories Random Authors and Topics Alice Walker Ali Shapiro Anaïs Nin Andrea Gibson Anne Sexton Annie Dillard Billy Collins Brian Dean Powers Caitlyn Siehl Cats Charles Bukowski Cheryl Strayed Clementine von Radics Compassion czeslaw milosz Dana Gioia David Foster Wallace David Levithan David Shumate David Whyte death Dennis O'Driscoll depression dogs Dorianne Laux e.e. The color of sunlight after a period of darkness. You leave me a blinding white followed by a soft yellow: Some nights I drown in shades of navy, denim,Īnd cornflower but other nights I meditate in forests of Leave me uneasy and scarlet is a fever of fury. The winter makes me feel cobalt blue, the ocean
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