A Munsell conversion program, with a complete Munsell color chart (not just soil colors) is available for free at:
http://63.122.206.38/cmc/index.htm
One thing I have experimented with is scanning sherds and sampling their colors on screen. Once you get the monitor and scanner calibrated it works pretty well.
Carl Steen
4/16/2002 1:29:35 AM, Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I have long been trying to come up with a way to color code the colors of
>maiolica so that when reports are written, everyone uses the same terms for
>the shade of cobalt blue, or yellow.
>
>I believe that I have found it in the color charts that web designers use.
>Take a look at this portable color chart from
>Visibone: http://www.visibone.com/color/card
>
>What do people think?
>
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