Munsell Color Company

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Professor Albert H. Munsell
Professor Albert H. Munsell

The Munsell Color Company was an American manufacturer of color references and teaching materials. It was founded by Albert Henry Munsell in 1917, to popularize and monetize his Munsell color system. In 1942,[1] the board of the company sold its assets and created the Munsell Color Foundation with the proceeds. In 1983,[2] the foundation donated its funds to the Rochester Institute of Technology, resulting in the creation of the Munsell Color Science Laboratory.

The Munsell Color Company, including the Munsell Book of Color, etc., now belong to X-Rite.

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  1. ^ About Professor Albert H. Munsell
  2. ^ History of the Munsell Color Science Laboratory at the MCSL website.

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