Munsell color system — The Munsell color system, showing: a circle of hues at value 5 chroma 6; the neutral values from 0 to 10; and the chromas of purple blue (5PB) at value 5. In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on… … Wikipedia
colour — /kul euhr/, n., adj. v.t., v.i. Chiefly Brit. color. Usage. See or1. * * * I Aspect of any object that may be described in terms of hue, brightness, and saturation. It is associated with the visible wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which … Universalium
Munsell scale — /munˈsl skāl/ (printing) noun A system for describing colours according to three attributes: hue, value and chroma (strength of colour) ORIGIN: AH Munsell (1858–1918), US inventor … Useful english dictionary
Munsell system — a commercially manufactured system of colour notation with colour chips enabling naturalists to describe colours of living specimens with some degree of comparative accuracy … Dictionary of ichthyology
Natural Color System — The NCS color model is based on the three pairs of elementary colors (white–black, green–red, and yellow–blue), as defined by color opponency. It is not possible to describe the perceptual appearance of these colors in terms of the perceptual… … Wikipedia
Coloroid — The Coloroid color space, showing the cylindrical geometry of luminosity (V), hue (A) and saturation (T), the relative components of pure hue (s), white (w) and black (s) that can be used to mix any hue within a single hue plane, and the relative … Wikipedia
HSL and HSV — Fig. 1. HSL (a–d) and HSV (e–h). Above (a, e): cut away 3D models of each. Below: two dimensional plots showing two of a model’s three parameters at once, holding the other constant: cylindrical shells (b, f) of constant saturation, in this case… … Wikipedia
Shades of green — Main article: Green Green Spectral coordinates Wavelength 520–570 nm … Wikipedia
Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate — Linguistic relativity stems from a question about the relationship between language and thought, about whether one s language determines the way one thinks. This question has given birth to a wide array of research within a variety of different… … Wikipedia
Color theory — For the American electronica/synthpop musician, see Color Theory. In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations. Although color theory principles first… … Wikipedia
