FSN 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Albert Henry Munsell, Red Letter Day, Lapis Lazuli
22 Apr 2013
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Three requirements to see color : an object, a light source, and an observer. Spectometer is a device that measures reflected or transmitted light. Colorimeter is a device for measuring shade, tint, value, brightness and purity of a color. Colorimetry = the measure or analysis of color via a colorimeter. Source of colors and their fixed natural order. Going up in the rainbow by increments of 50 from 400-700. 400 violet (short wavelengths, high frequency) to 700 red (long wavelengths, low frequency) albert munsell. Munsell system of color notation, published in 1915. Identifies color characteristics oh hue, value, and chroma. Munsells primary colors = red, blue, green, yellow, purple. Secondary colors = yellow red, green yellow, blue green, purple blue, red purple. 4 primaries = yellow, blue, red, green. 4secondaries = orange, blue purple, yellow green, orange. Used for measuring and ordering object color. Provides precise notation for specification and documentation of color.
