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Standard Practice for Specifying Color by the Munsell System
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Scope
1.1 This practice provides a means of specifying the colors of objects in terms of the Munsell color order system, a system based on the color-perception attributes hue, lightness, and chroma. The practice is limited to opaque objects, such as painted surfaces viewed in daylight by an observer having normal color vision. This practice provides a simple visual method as an alternative to the more precise and more complex method based on spectrophotometry and the CIE system (see Practices E 308 and E 1164). Provision is made for conversion of CIE data to Munsell notation.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Significance and Use
This practice is used by artists, designers, scientists, engineers, and government regulators, to specify an existing or desired color. It is used in the natural sciences to record the colors of specimens, or identify specimens, such as human complexion, flowers, foliage, soils, and minerals. It is used to specify colors for commerce and for control of color-production processes, when instrumental color measurement is not economical. The Munsell system is widely used for color tolerancing, even when instrumentation is employed (see Practice D 3134
Keywords
color; Munsell; Munsell color order system; Munsell notation; ICS Number Code 17.180.20 (Colours and measurement of light); 87.040 (Paints and varnishes)
To find similar documents by ASTM Volume:
06.01 (Paint -- Tests for Chemical, Physical, and Optical Properties; Appearance)
To find similar documents by classification:
17.180.20 (Colours and measurement of light)
87.040 (Paints and varnishes Including coating powders, paint coatings and protective paint systems)
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Document Number
ASTM-D1535-07
Revision Level
2007 EDITION
Status
Superseded
Modification Type
Revision
Publication Date
July 1, 2007
Document Type
Practice
Page Count
44 pages
Committee Number
E12.07