Fine and graphics arts products for enabling amateurs and others to select and-utilize color materials with optical results of increased predictability

Claim 2

A product for use in the fine and graphic arts, said product comprising: a. an organized array of color media of predetermined hues, values, and chromas, symbolized by the notation H V/C; b. each of said hues, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the Position of a color sensation in the spectrum, the hue of any indicating-its relation to the ten major hue terms, viz., red, yellow, green, blue, purple, yellow-red, green-yellow, blue-green, purple-blue and red-purple; c. each of said values, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the reflectance luminosity of a color in comparison with a measured standard in the form of a neutral a theoretically pure black symbolized by V 0 to a theoretically pure white symbolized by V 10; d. each of said chromas referring to the purity of a color in the sense of degree of departure for neutral grey toward the most intense color sensation of a particular hue, the scales of chroma extending from C 0 for a neutral grey out to C 14 or farther for the pure color; e. selected groupings of selected color media being isolated from other groupings of color media, each of said color media in any such selected grouping being characterized by the same value as so quantitatively defined; f. said color media being of approximately maximum chroma at any predetermined value; g. said groupings each including at least four media, respectively designated by hue terms including yellow, bluepurple, red and green; h. said hues, when considered as varying from value to value, extending along lines that extend outwardly in the vicinity of V 5/ and that are constricted inwardly in the vicinity of V 2/ and V - 10/.

Claim 3

The product of claim 1, wherein said media are in the form of acrylic emulsion pigments.

Claim 4

A product for use in the fine and graphic arts, said product comprising: a. an organized array of color media of predetermined hues, values, and chromas, symbolized by the notation H V/C; b. each of said hues, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the position of a color sensation in the spectrum, the hue of any indicating-its relation to the 10 major hue terms, viz., red, yellow, green, blue, purple, yellow-red, green-yellow, blue-green, purple-blue and red-purple; c. each of said values, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the reflectance luminosity of a color in comparison with a measured standard in the form of a neutral a theoretically pure black symbolized by V 0 to a theoretically pure white symbolized by V 10; d. each of said chromas referring to the purity of a color in the sense of degree of departure from neutral grey toward the most intense color sensation of a particular hue, the scales of chroma extending from C 0 for a neutral grey out to C 14 or farther for the pure color: e. selected groupings of selector color media being isolated from other groupings of color media, each of said color media in any such selected grouping being characterized by the same value as so quantitatively defined; f. said groupings each including at least four media, respectively designated by hue terms including yellow, blue-purple, red and green; g. said hues, when considered as varying from value to value, extending along lines that extend outwardly in the vicinity of V 5/ and that are constricted inwardly in the vicinity of V 2/ and V 10/; h. said color media having the following numerical designations of hue, value and chroma: Color Hue Chroma Value 9 YELLOW w8 2Y 10 Value 8 RED w35R 6 Value 8 YELLOW w69Y 12 Value 8 BLUE c55B 5 Value 7RED PURPLE w25RP 9 Value 7 YELLOW RED w55YR 14 Value 7 YELLOW GREEN w100YG 11 Value 7 BLUE c55B 7 Value 7 PURPLE c86P 8 Value 6 RED PURPLE w15RP 11 Value 6 YELLOW RED w49YR 12 Value 6 GREEN c8G 10 Value 6 BLUE c60B 8 Value 6 PURPLE c86P 9 Value 5 RED PURPLE w10RP 13 Value 5 RED w42R 15 Value 5 YELLOW w67Y 5 Value 5 GREEN c10G 10 Value 5 BLUE GREEN c35BG 8 Value 5 BLUE c65B 10 Value 5 PURPLE c89P 10 Value 4 RED w40R 13 Value 4 YELLOW w67Y 3 Value 4 GREEN c15G 8 Value 4 BLUE PURPLE c70BP 10 Value 4 PURPLE c88P 11 Value 3 RED w38R 9 Value 3 GREEN c20G 5 Value 3 BLUE PURPLE c80BP 12 Base Value RED w33R 7 Base Value YELLOW (BROWN) w66Y 2 Base Value BLUE GREEN c30BG 5 Base Value BLUE PURPLE c75BP 5 Base Value BLUE PURPLE c82BP 11 Base Value PURPLE c92P 8 i. said numerical designations varying no more than plus or minus 0.5 for hue, no more than plus or minus 0.1 for value, and no more than minus 0.5 for chroma, there being no upper limit to chroma.

Claim 5

A product for use in the fine and graphic arts, said product comprising: a. an organized array of color media of predetermined hues, values, and chromas, symbolized by the notation H V/C; b. each of said hues, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the position of a color sensation in the spectrum, the hue of any indicating-its relation to the 10 major hue terms, viz., red, yellow, green, blue, purple, yellow-red, green-yellow, blue-green, purple-blue and red-purple; c. each of said values, as quantitatively defined in accordance with the Munsell Color System, referring to the reflectance luminosity of a color in comparison with a measured standard in the form of a neutral a theoretically pure black symbolized by V 0 to a theoretically pure white symbolized by V 10; d. each of said chromas referring to the purity of a color in the sense of degree of departure from neutral grey toward the most intense color sensation of a particular hue, the scales of chroma extending from C 0 for a neutral grey out to C 14 or farther for the pure color: e. selected groupings of selector color media being isolated from other groupings of color media, each of said color media in any such selected grouping being characterized by the same value as so quantitatively defined; f. said groupings each including at least four media, respectively designated by hue terms including yellow, blue-purple, red and green; g. said hues, when considered as varying from value to value, extending along lines that extend outwardly in the vicinity of V 5/ and that are constricted inwardly in the vicinity of V 2/ and V 10/; h. said color media having the following numerical designations of hue, value and chroma: Color Hue Chroma Value 9 YELLOW w8 2Y 10 Value 8 RED w35R 6 Value 8 YELLOW w69Y 12 Value 8 BLUE c55B 5 Value 7RED PURPLE w25RP 9 Value 7 YELLOW RED w55YR 14 Value 7 YELLOW GREEN w100YG 11 Value 7 BLUE c55B 7 Value 7 PURPLE c86P 8 Value 6 RED PURPLE w15RP 11 Value 6 YELLOW RED w49YR 12 Value 6 GREEN c8G 10 Value 6 BLUE c60B 8 Value 6 PURPLE c86P 9 Value 5 RED PURPLE w10RP 13 Value 5 RED w42R 15 Value 5 YELLOW w67Y 5 Value 5 GREEN c10G 10 Value 5 BLUE GREEN c35BG 8 Value 5 BLUE c65B 10 Value 5 PURPLE c89P 10 Value 4 RED w40R 13 Value 4 YELLOW w67Y 3 Value 4 GREEN c15G 8 Value 4 BLUE PURPLE c70BP 10 Value 4 PURPLE c88P 11 Value 3 RED w38R 9 Value 3 GREEN c20G 5 Value 3 BLUE PURPLE c80BP 12 Base Value RED w33R 7 Base Value YELLOW (BROWN) w66Y 2 Base Value BLUE GREEN c30BG 5 Base Value BLUE PURPLE c75BP 5 Base Value BLUE PURPLE c82BP 11 Base Value PURPLE c92P 8 i. said numerical designations varying no more than plus or minus 0.5 for hue, no more than plus or minus 0.1 for value, and no more than minus 0.5 for chroma, there being no upper limit to chroma.

Claim 6

The product of claim 3 wherein said media are in the form of acrylic emulsion pigments.