Copyright, 1904, by A. H. Munsell.

A COLOR SYSTEM AND COURSE OF STUDY

BASED ON THE COLOR SOLID AND ITS CHARTS,
ADAPTED TO NINE YEARS OF SCHOOL LIFE.

Grade.Subject.Colors Studied.Illustration.Application.Materials.
1.Hues of color.Red. R.
Yellow. Y.
Green. G.
Blue. B.
Purple. P.		Sought in Nature
and Art.		Borders and Rosettes.Colored
crayons
and papers.
2.Hues of color.Yellow-red. YR.
Green-yellow. GY.
Blue-green. BG.
Purple-blue. PB.
Red-purple. RP.		Sought in Nature
and Art.		Borders and Rosettes.Colored
crayons
and papers.
3.Values of color.Light, middle, and dark R.
„ „ „ Y.
„ „ „ G.
„ „ „ B.
„ „ „ P.		Sought in Nature
and Art.		Design.Color
sphere.
4.Values of color.
5 values of YR.
„„„GY.
„„„BG.
„„„PB.
„„„RP.		9/, 7/, 5/,3/,1/.
Sought in Nature
and Art.		Design.Charts.
5.Chromas
of color.		3 chromas of R5/.
„„ „Y5/.
„„ „G5/.
„„ „B5/.
„„ „P5/.		Sought in Nature
and Art.		Design.Charts.
6.Chromas
of color.
3 chromas of YR5/.
„„ „GY5/.
„„ „BG5/.
„„ „PB5/.
„„ „RP5/.
„„ „R7/ and R3/.
„„ „Y7/ „ Y3/.
„„ „G7/ „ G3/.
„„ „B7/ „ B3/.
„„ „P7/ „ P3/.
Sought in Nature
and Art.		Design.Color
Tree.
7.

To OBSERVE
IMITATE
& WRITE

color by HUE, VALUE,and CHROMA„
„Paints.
8.

Quantity of color.

Pairs of equal area and unequal areaBalanced by HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA.

„Paints.
9.

Quantity of color.

Triads of equal area and unequal areaBalanced by HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA.

„Paints.

Copyright, 1904, by A. H. Munsell.

STUDY OF SINGLE HUES AND THEIR SEQUENCE. Two Years.

[ FIRST GRADE LESSONS.]
1.Talk about familiar objects, to bring out color names,as toys, flowers,
2.clothing, birds, insects, etc.
3.Show soap bubbles and prismatic spectrum.
4.Teach term HUE. Huesof flowers, spectrum, plumage of birds, etc.
5.Show MIDDLE[35] RED.Find other reds.
6.„ YELLOW.„yellows, and compare with reds.
7.

„ GREEN.

„greens, „„and yellows.
8.„ BLUE.„blues,„preceding hues.
9.„ PURPLE.„purples, „„
10–15.Review FIVE MIDDLEHUES,[35] match with coloredpapers, and place in circle.
16–20.Show COLOR SPHERE.Find sequence of five middle hues. Memorize order.
21.Middle red imitated with crayon, named and written byinitial R.
22. „ yellow„ „ „ „ „Y.
23. „ green „ „ „ „ „G.
24. „ blue „ „ „ „ „B.
25. „ purple „ „ „ „ „P.
26–30.Review, using middle hues[35] in borders and rosettes for design.

Aim.—To recognize sequence of five middle hues.
To name, match, imitate, write, and arrange them.

[ SECOND GRADE LESSONS.]
1–3.Review sequence of five middle hues.[35]
4.Show a hue INTERMEDIATE between redand yellow. Find it in objects.
5. Compare with red andyellow.
6.Recognize and name YELLOW-RED. Match, imitate, and write YR.
7–8.Show GREEN-YELLOW between greenand yellow.Treat as above, and write GY.
9–10.„BLUE-GREEN „blueand green.„ „ „BG.
11–12.„PURPLE-BLUE „purple and blue.„ „ „PB.
13–14.„RED-PURPLE „red and purple.„ „ „RP.
15–20.

Make circle of ten hues. Place Intermediates, andmemorize order so as to repeat forward or backward. Match, imitate, andwrite by initials.

21–25.

Find sequence of ten hues on COLOR SPHERE. Compare with hues of naturalobjects.

26‑30.Review, using any two hues in sequence for borders androsettes.

Aim.—To recognize sequence of ten hues, made up of five middle[35] hues and the five intermediates. To name, match, write, imitate, and arrange them.