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Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: colour standards


> Several weeks ago I put forth a query regarding colour standards.  I
> received 1 response concerning the Munsell colour code which we have had
to
> discard for several reasons.  As I am sure many other institutions are
faced
> with this dilemma I am going to share with you are latest thoughts.
> We are thinking of using a basic colour scheme:
>
> yellow
> orange
> red
> pink
> purple
> blue
> green
> white
> black
> brown
> grey
> silver
> gold
> copper
> transparent or clear
>
> We run into problems from this point on because some people are happy with
> the terms as is without modifiers.  If people want to be descriptive they
> should use the description field.  Plus we have an increasing number of
> artifact images in our database for identification purposes.
>
> Some people want to use the modifiers "light" and "dark" which ups the
ante
> some what.
>
> Others want to go all out and use variations of the above such as dark
> blue-green; light  orange-red.
>
> And some even want to use medium-dark red-brown.
>
> Well, you can imagine the discussions we are having.
>
> Any suggestions?  Any tried and true approaches out there?
>
> Comments would be most appreciated.
>
> Yours in colour limbo ...
> Patti Davis-Perkins
> Canadian Museum of Civilization
>
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> I think that a simple and accurate book about color is :
"color and illumination"
IES DG-1-1990
prepared by the IES color committee
published by
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
120 Wall Street,17th floor
New York,Ny 10005-4001
JF hocquard
IESNA museum committee member
If I can be of any help contact me by email:[log in to unmask]
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