# What are hue, value and chroma in Munsell's A Color Notation, how do I write a colour in his notation, and what does his book not claim?

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Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S3 rests on the producer's pinned reading. Munsell (2nd ed. 1907, copyright 1905) defines hue as the name of a colour, value as its lightness and chroma as its strength, and writes a colour as hue initial, value over chroma (for example R 5/9 for vermilion). He sets five principal hues (R, Y, G, B, P) and five intermediates around a sphere with white at the north pole and black at the south, then concedes the real solid is irregular because pigments reach different maximum chromas. The text is aimed at school teaching, and its science statements (wavelength, amplitude, purity) are simplified.

Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S3 rests on the producer's pinned reading.

Munsell (2nd ed. 1907, copyright 1905) defines hue as the name of a colour, value as its lightness and chroma as its strength, and writes a colour as hue initial, value over chroma (for example R 5/9 for vermilion). He sets five principal hues (R, Y, G, B, P) and five intermediates around a sphere with white at the north pole and black at the south, then concedes the real solid is irregular because pigments reach different maximum chromas. The text is aimed at school teaching, and its science statements (wavelength, amplitude, purity) are simplified.

Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read none of the cited sources; S3 rests on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S3: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin.

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- [sourced_fact] Munsell (2nd ed. 1907, copyright 1905) defines hue as the name of a colour, value as its lightness and chroma as its strength, and writes a colour as hue initial, value over chroma (for example R 5/9 for vermilion). He sets five principal hues (R, Y, G, B, P) and five intermediates around a sphere with white at the north pole and black at the south, then concedes the real solid is irregular because pigments reach different maximum chromas. The text is aimed at school teaching, and its science statements (wavelength, amplitude, purity) are simplified. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26054/pg26054.txt

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