孟塞爾顏色系統(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。這個顏色描述系統是由美國藝術家阿爾伯特·孟塞爾(英語:Albert Henry Munsell)(Albert H. Munsell,1858-1918)在1898年創製的,在1930年代為USDA採納為泥土研究的官方顏色描述系統。至今仍是比較色法的標準。
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.
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 http://www.applepainter.com/(頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館).
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. (原始內容存檔(PDF)於2012-09-16). 引文使用過時參數coauthors (幫助) 引文格式1維護:日期與年 (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]. (原始內容存檔於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.
ApplePainter.com(頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), a site explaining the Munsell color chart, including an edited version of Cleland’s book, A practical description of the Munsell color system.