The Munsell Color System: A scientific compromise from the world of art

Organic staining on bone from exposure to wood and other plant materials

“…The Munsell Soil Color Chart method has been suggested by Buikstra and Ubelaker (1994) and Dupras and Schultz (2014) value (Cochrane 2014;Gerharz et al 1988;Thompson et al 2013). This method allows a large number of colors to be classified and is relatively inexpensive, which allows a greater ability for research or validation studies to be conducted over those using quantitative methods.…”

“…The color notation utilized in the Munsell Soil Color Chart is expressed as hue and value/chroma. The hue is the actual name of the color, such as red or green, while the value is the lightness or darkness of a color, and the chroma is the purity or the difference from a neutral gray color (Cochrane 2014;Gerharz et al 1988). …”

Development and validation of a color evaluation process for sweet potato preference characterization

“…Human perception of color can be described by three main dimensions: hue, brightness (lightness), and colorfulness (saturation or chroma) (“CIE Termlist,” ), concepts described in the early 20th century by artist A.H. Munsell (Cochrane, ). Color perception is also influenced by secondary aspects, like color uniformity or turbidity (Hutchings, ).…”

Objective evaluation of clinical shade-matching outcomes.

“…Albert Munsell famously studied color in great detail, describing it as a three dimensional concept involving hue, value and chroma (9). Professor Munsell clearly conceptualized this in his comparison of color theory (hue, value, and chroma) to the common concept of volume (height, length and width) (9).…”

“…Professor Munsell clearly conceptualized this in his comparison of color theory (hue, value, and chroma) to the common concept of volume (height, length and width) (9). Mussel's system is now an international standard utilized in many scientific circles (9), including the dental field (10).…”