Colour theory from the ancient Greeks to Munsell, via several artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Phillip Otto Runge.
colour charts
How he became interested in colour, and how he developed his colour system – which remains one of the most widely-used colour ordering systems.
A brief look at the history of colour ordering, and colour systems, as an introduction to the pioneering work of Albert Henry Munsell.
Next time someone wants to know what colour Sennelier’s Bordeaux (number 008) oil pastel really is, the answer is here in L*a*b*.
Here are some PDF colour charts which might be helpful: Caran d’Ache Neocolor crayons QoR watercolours Sennelier Egg(-Oil) […]
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