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Much more complete information on light and color is in my Art Head Start art skills ebook. Please also see my free sample chapter on lighting 3D models and scenes.
A Color Wheel shows only 1 of the 3 color attributes - Hue. A Color Tree maps each of the 3 color attributes (Hue, Saturation and Value), to one of 3 physical dimensions.
A 6 Hue, 9 Value, 8 Saturation 3D modeled Color Tree by jim coe
From Art Head Start by jim coe
The Color Tree concept was developed and elaborated by Albert Henry Munsell in the early 1900's and his color annotation system became known at the “Munsell Color Tree”.
The Munsell company is still active in the color industry.
In such models, the Hues are arranged as radials (looking down from the top) in a way similar to a Color Wheel. Saturation (which Munsell called “Chroma”) is the radial distance from the center. Value is on the vertical scale.
See also, Quick Color Facts...
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Wishing you a creative future!
_jim coe
