# 孟塞尔颜色系统

圖示孟塞爾顏色系統之中中等明度（5）而中等略偏高彩度（6）的色相環、明度由全暗（0）到全亮（10）的黑白漸變色柱、中等明度（5）的紫藍色（5PB）彩度漸進帶。
**孟塞尔颜色系统**（Munsell Color System）是色度（或比色法）裡透過明度（value）、色相（hue）及彩度（chroma）三個維度來描述顏色的方法。這個颜色描述系统是由美国艺术家阿尔伯特·孟塞尔（Albert H. Munsell，1858－1918）在1898年创制的，在1930年代為USDA採納為泥土研究的官方顏色描述系統。至今仍是比较色法的标准。

早期的幾個色彩體系將顏色放在各種不同的三維色立體，但孟塞尔是第一個把色調、明度和彩度分離成為感知均勻和獨立的尺度，並且是第一個系統地在三維空間中表達顏色的關係。孟塞尔的系統，尤其是其後的再标记法，是基於嚴格的人類受試者測量的視覺反應，使之具有堅實的實驗科學依據。基於人類的視覺感知，孟塞尔的系統熬過了其他現代色彩模式的挑戰，儘管在某些領域其地位已被某些特殊用途的模型取代了，如CIELAB（*L\*a\*b\**）和CIECAM02。孟塞尔的系統目前仍然是最廣泛使用的系統。

中华人民共和国推荐性国家标准 GB/T 15608-2006《中国颜色体系》中定义了一种孟塞尔颜色系统的规范形式。

## 解說

1900年的孟塞爾色球。後來孟塞爾發現，如果要保持色相、明度和色度的感知均勻，可達到顏色的表面不可能被強制成規則形狀。
孟塞尔颜色系统的空间大致成一个圆柱形：

### 色相

* 经度=色相（hue）。把一周均分成五5種主色互相调和成五種中间色，相邻的两个位置之间再均分10份，共100份。

**红（R）、红黄（YR）、黄（Y）、黄绿（GY）、绿（G）、绿蓝（BG）、蓝（B）、蓝紫（PB）、紫（P）、紫红（RP）**

孟塞爾顏色系統中等略偏高明度（6）而中等略偏高色度（6）之色相帶
| 正紅色(5R) |
 |  | 橘色(5YR) |
 |  | 正黃色(5Y) |
 |  | 黃綠色(5GY) |
 |  | 正綠色(5G) |
 |  | 藍綠色(5BG) |
 |  |
|  | 201 130 134
 | 201 130 127
 | 201 131 118
 | 200 133 109
 | 197 135 100
 | 193 137 94
 | 187 140 86
 | 181 143 79
 | 173 146 75
 | 167 149 72
 | 160 151 73
 | 151 154 78
 | 141 156 85
 | 127 159 98
 | 115 160 110
 | 101 162 124
 | 92 163 134
 | 87 163 141
 | 82 163 148
 | 78 163 154
 | 73 163 162
 |  |
|  |
| 藍綠色(5BG) |
 |  | 正藍色(5B) |
 |  | 紫藍色(5PB) |
 |  | 正紫色(5P) |
 |  | 紫紅色(5RP) |
 |  | 正紅色(5R) |
 |  |
|  | 73 163 162
 | 70 162 170
 | 70 161 177
 | 73 160 184
 | 82 158 189
 | 93 156 193
 | 104 154 195
 | 117 151 197
 | 128 149 198
 | 141 145 198
 | 152 142 196
 | 160 140 193
 | 168 138 189
 | 177 135 182
 | 183 134 176
 | 188 132 169
 | 193 131 160
 | 196 130 153
 | 198 130 146
 | 200 130 140
 | 201 130 134
 |  |

### 明度

* 南北上下轴=明度（value）的深淺，從全黑（N0）至全灰（N5）到全白（N10）。

### 彩度

距轴的距离=彩度（chroma），表示顏色的纯度。其数值从中间（0）向外随着顏色的纯度增加，没有理论上的上限（普通的颜色实际上限为10左右，反光、荧光等材料可高达30）。由于人眼对各种颜色的敏感度不同，彩度不一定与每个顏色和明度组合相匹配。

具体颜色的标识形式为：色相 明度/彩度。例如5B 5/10是中等明度（5），高彩度（10）的正蓝色（5B）。

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**孟塞爾顏色系統*色度*（橫軸）與*明度*（縱軸）在紫藍色（5PB）與正黃色（5Y）的關係**|  | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2
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| 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 255 255 255
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| 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 228 228 250
 | 232 232 232
 | 243 227 207
 | 250 227 178
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| 8 |  |  |  |  | 190 201 239
 | 200 200 222
 | 203 203 203
 | 215 200 181
 | 221 200 154
 | 227 200 126
 | 233 199 97
 | 237 199 63
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| 7 |  |  | 142 176 241
 | 154 175 225
 | 164 175 210
 | 173 174 195
 | 179 179 179
 | 188 173 155
 | 194 173 128
 | 200 173 101
 | 205 172 72
 | 210 172 29
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| 6 | 79 150 244
 | 101 150 227
 | 116 149 213
 | 128 149 198
 | 138 148 182
 | 146 148 168
 | 150 150 150
 | 161 147 129
 | 167 147 103
 | 173 146 75
 | 178 146 42
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| 5 | 46 124 214
 | 72 123 199
 | 89 123 185
 | 101 123 171
 | 111 122 156
 | 120 122 142
 | 124 124 124
 | 134 121 103
 | 141 121 77
 | 146 120 48
 | 150 119 9
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| 4 |  | 38 97 172
 | 59 97 158
 | 74 97 144
 | 85 96 130
 | 93 96 116
 | 97 97 97
 | 108 96 77
 | 114 95 52
 | 119 94 25
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| 3 |  |  | 26 72 133
 | 45 72 120
 | 58 72 106
 | 67 72 92
 | 70 70 70
 | 81 71 55
 | 87 70 33
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| 2 |  |  |  | 20 49 93
 | 35 49 79
 | 44 49 66
 | 48 48 48
 | 57 48 34
 | 63 47 6
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| 1 | 5PB |  | 13 28 56
 | 23 28 45
 | 28 28 28
 | 37 27 9
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Note that the *Munsell Book of Color* contains more color samples than this chart for both 5PB and 5Y (particularly bright yellows, up to 5Y 8.5/14), however they are not reproducible in the sRGB color space, which has a limited color gamut designed to match that of televisions and computer displays. Note also that there are no samples for values 0 (pure black) and 10 (pure white), which are theoretical limits not reachable in pigment, and no printed samples of value 1.

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### 指定顏色

5P 5/10(#9966B6)
5P 5/10

## 註釋

## 參考書目

在最高色度的情況之下的孟塞爾顏色系統色相環
* Cleland, Thomas M. A practical description of the Munsell color system, with suggestions for its use. Boston: Munsell Color Company. 1921.  One of the first books about the Munsell color system, explaining the intuition behind its three dimensions, and suggesting possible uses of the system in picking color combinations. An edited version can be found at
* Kuehni, Rolf G. The early development of the Munsell system. Color Research and Application. February 2002, **27** (1): 20–27. doi:10.1002/col.10002.  A description of color systems leading up to Munsell’s, and a biographical explanation of Munsell’s changing ideas about color and development of his color solid, leading up to the publication of *A Color Notation* in 1905.
* Landa, Edward R.; Mark D. Fairchild. Charting Color from the Eye of the Beholder (PDF). American Scientist. September–October 2005, **93** (5): 436–443  [2013-03-18]. doi:10.1511/2005.5.436. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2012-09-16）.  引文使用过时参数`coauthors` (帮助) 引文格式1维护：日期与年 (link) An introductory explanation of the development and influence of the Munsell system.
* MacEvoy, Bruce. Modern Color Models – Munsell Color System. Color Vision. 2005-08-01  [2007-04-16]. （原始内容存档于2007-04-27）.  A concise introduction to the Munsell color system, on a web page which also discusses several other color systems, putting the Munsell system in its historical context.
* Munsell, Albert H. A Color Notation. Boston: G. H. Ellis Co. 1905.  Munsell’s original description of his system. *A Color Notation* was published before he had established the irregular shape of a perceptual color solid, so it describes colors positioned in a sphere.
* Munsell, Albert H. A Pigment Color System and Notation. The American Journal of Psychology (University of Illinois Press). January 1912, **23** (2): 236–244. JSTOR 1412843. doi:10.2307/1412843.  Munsell’s description of his color system, from a lecture to the American Psychological Association.
* Nickerson, Dorothy. History of the Munsell color system, company, and foundation. Color Research and Application. 1976, **1** (1): 7–10.

* Munsell.com（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, the homepage of Munsell Color, a subdivision of X-Rite, current owners of the Munsell Color Company.
	+ Munsell page at the X-Rite website.
	+ Munsell to L\*a\*b\* Conversion Freeware, a Windows application for converting Munsell renotations to CIELAB coordinates.
* Munsell Color Science Laboratory（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） at the Rochester Institute of Technology, an academic laboratory dedicated to color science, endowed by the Munsell Foundation.
	+ Munsell renotation data（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） in plain text format (from the 1940s Optical Society of America renotations).
* ApplePainter.com（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, a site explaining the Munsell color chart, including an edited version of Cleland’s book, *A practical description of the Munsell color system*.
* An explanation of the Munsell system at Adobe.com. Retrieved 13 August 2003
* A brief explanation at the site of the Japanese company Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals, including a nice diagram of the Munsell color solid.
* A flash-based Munsell Palette color-picker from web-design firm Triplecode (based on a version originally created at the MIT Media Lab).
* ToyPalette from Loo & Cox, a web application for generating color palettes from images. Munsell color analysis of digital image.