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Figure 4.14 The Munsell Color System for Soil Color – Example page.
Putting all this together the Munsell Color System was created (Figure 4.14). It was initially designed for manufacturing but soon made its way into any field that needed to record and communicate color.
Hue refers to the dominant wavelength of light (red, yellow, green, etc.) (Figure 4.15).
Figure 4.15 Hue-Dominant spectral wavelength.
Value refers to the lightness and darkness of a color in relation to a neutral gray scale.(Figure 4.16)
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