Munsell Charts - Harmonious & Balanced Color Groups

A popular theory, based on observations of nature, postulates that harmonious and balanced groups of colors are pleasing. According  to this theory, harmonious color groups comprise similar colors, and balances color groups comprise opposite or nearly opposite colors.

Munsell Charts - Color Control & Color Sequences

Often, an artist of designer wishes to create an appearance of unity in a work. This can be accomplished by establishing a dominant hue, value, and chroma, and repeating them throughout the work. To prevent monotony, a few colors that contrast in hue, value, and chroma are also used. In aerial perspective, the illusion of distance is created by making a color more blue than gray. Munsell postulated that dissimilar colors can be harmonized by creating a sequence between them.

Munsell Charts - Color Assimilation & Optical Mixture, Transparency & Iridescence Exercises

 

When one color is surrounded by another, vision emphasizes the difference between the colors. However, when colors are alternated in very thin stripes or tiny dots the opposite effect occurs ; vision emphasizes the similarity between the colors and they appear more alike. If the stripes are very thin or the dots tiny, or if viewed from a distance, vision is unable to differentiate the colors and they appear mixed. 

Munsell Charts - Matte & Glossy Colors

Surface reflection strongly affects color appearance. A color appears darker and somewhat more vivid with a high gloss surface, and a lighter and grayer with a matter surface.

Munsell Charts - Simultaneous Contrast

We were given instructions to select specific colors from our Munsell Charts and position them on the color swatches. The point of the project was to see similar colors change slightly or dramatically when an opposing darker, or lighter value is placed under it. 

We performed the same project three times for each of the colors. You can see the purple values get progressively darker when placed on a light grey swatch, but darker on a black swatch. You can see the  or green swatch. You can also see the green values get darker on the teal swatch, more saturated on the green swatch, and lighter on the black swatch.

Munsell Charts - Advancing & Receding Colors

Successive Contrast & Vibrating Boundaries 

                                                         Advancing & Receding Colors .
               Chips Were Chosen From The Munsel Color Chart Of Swatches Previously Done.
                     Selected Chips Demonstrate The Effect Of Advancing & Receding Colors.

Munsell System - Color Charts

                                 The Following Spreadsheets Are My Munsell Color Charts.
                                                        Happy Color Swatching ! (: