A downloadable PDF guide for organizing your painting palette according to the Munsell color system. Learn how to keep hue, saturation, and value separate while mixing colors, ensuring greater consistency and control throughout the painting process. Includes a complete palette layout guide and value scales for all primary and secondary color families. No physical product will be shipped.
Description
The only system designed to keep hue and saturation separate while organizing and mixing colors.
One of the most common challenges painters face is maintaining a consistent hue while changing value. As colors are lightened or darkened, the hue often shifts unintentionally, creating inconsistencies throughout the palette.
This guide provides a practical solution, offering a clear method for organizing colors according to the principles of the Munsell color system.
What’s Included
- A general palette layout showing how to organize colors effectively.
- Practical guidance for keeping hue, saturation, and value separate.
- Complete color lists for primary and secondary color scales based on Munsell color theory.
- A quick-reference tool to use while preparing your palette and mixing paint.
Important: This is a downloadable PDF. No physical product will be shipped.
Ideal for painters seeking greater color control, more consistent mixtures, and a deeper understanding of color relationships.
Value Scales Included
- Neutral Scale
- Yellow Scale
- Yellow-Red (Orange) Scale
- Red Scale
- Red-Purple Scale
- Purple Scale
- Purple-Blue Scale
- Blue Scale
- Blue-Green Scale
- Green Scale
- Green-Yellow Scale
A downloadable PDF guide for organizing your painting palette according to the Munsell color system.
The guide is built around the three fundamental dimensions of color:
- Hue – the color family itself (red, yellow, blue, green, etc.).
- Value – how light or dark a color appears.
- Saturation (Chroma) – the intensity or purity of a color, from dull and neutralized to vibrant and vivid.



