Charting Color from the Eye of the Beholder
By Edward Landa, Mark Fairchild
A century ago, artist Albert Henry Munsell quantified colors based on how they appear to people; specializations of his system are still in wide scientific use
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September-October 2005
Volume 93, Number 5
Page 436
DOI: 10.1511/2005.55.436
Say the phrase "school bus" to any American, and the image sure to spring to mind is a vehicle of a particular color—a standard yellow that is one of the most easily recognized and evocative product colors in the United States. But how is it that all school buses across the country are exactly the same yellow color?
Images courtesy of Roy S. Berns
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