Color Theory: How to convert Munsell HVC to RGB/HSB/HSL

Question

I\'m looking at at document that describes the standard colors used in dentistry to describe the color of a tooth. They quote hue, value, chroma v

Answer 1

I'm late to the party, but I found another resource that may be useful on this topic.

Someone at the "Munsell Color Science Laboratory" dug up some 1943 data from Munsell, all based on 1930s Munsell research: http://www.cis.rit.edu/research/mcsl2/online/munsell.php

The page refers to an Excel spreadsheet with the "real colors only" subset of the data that falls within the "Macadam limit", which appears to mean the gamut of colors that can actually appear on reflective surfaces. The spreadsheet link doesn't work, however, but on a hunch I guessed that it left out one level of the directory tree. I tried the URL http://www.cis.rit.edu/research/mcsl2/online/real_sRGB.xls -- and it worked. (I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of the site eventually notices it, and fixes the link, which is likely to break my link.)

I messed with that spreadsheet a little to get it to generate HTML to show me the RGB colors, and added these cells to the spreadsheet:

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 "&A1&" 
 
 "&B1&" 
 
 "&C1&" 
 
 "&D1&" 
 
 "&E1&" 
 
 "&F1&" 
 
 "&G1&" 
 
 "&H1&" 
 
 "&I1&" 
 
 "&J1&" 
 
 "&K1&" 
 
 "&L1&" 
 
 "&M1&" 
 
 "&N1&" 
 
 "&O1&" 
 
 "&P1&" 
 
 "&Q1&" 
 
 "&R1&" 
 
 "&S1&" 
 
 #RGB 
 
 sample 
 
 
 "&A2&" 
 
 "&B2&" 
 
 "&C2&" 
 
 "&D2&" 
 
 "&E2&" 
 
 "&F2&" 
 
 "&G2&" 
 
 "&H2&" 
 
 "&I2&" 
 
 "&J2&" 
 
 "&K2&" 
 
 "&L2&" 
 
 "&M2&" 
 
 "&N2&" 
 
 "&O2&" 
 
 "&P2&" 
 
 "&Q2&" 
 
 "&R2&" 
 
 "&S2&" 
 
 #"&T2&" 
   
 
 
 "&A3&" 
 
 "&B3&" 
 
 "&C3&" 
 
 "&D3&" 
 
 "&E3&" 
 
 "&F3&" 
 
 "&G3&" 
 
 "&H3&" 
 
 "&I3&" 
 
 "&J3&" 
 
 "&K3&" 
 
 "&L3&" 
 
 "&M3&" 
 
 "&N3&" 
 
 "&O3&" 
 
 "&P3&" 
 
 "&Q3&" 
 
 "&R3&" 
 
 "&S3&" 
 
 #"&T3&" 
   
 
 
 "&A4&" 
 
 "&B4&" 
 
 "&C4&" 
 
 "&D4&" 
 
 "&E4&" 
 
 "&F4&" 
 
 "&G4&" 
 
 "&H4&" 
 
 "&I4&" 
 
 "&J4&" 
 
 "&K4&" 
 
 "&L4&" 
 
 "&M4&" 
 
 "&N4&" 
 
 "&O4&" 
 
 "&P4&" 
 
 "&Q4&" 
 
 "&R4&" 
 
 "&S4&" 
 
 #"&T4&" 
   
 
 
 "&A1626&" 
 
 "&B1626&" 
 
 "&C1626&" 
 
 "&D1626&" 
 
 "&E1626&" 
 
 "&F1626&" 
 
 "&G1626&" 
 
 "&H1626&" 
 
 "&I1626&" 
 
 "&J1626&" 
 
 "&K1626&" 
 
 "&L1626&" 
 
 "&M1626&" 
 
 "&N1626&" 
 
 "&O1626&" 
 
 "&P1626&" 
 
 "&Q1626&" 
 
 "&R1626&" 
 
 "&S1626&" 
 
 #"&T1626&" 
   
 

The table needs one line each of the ones starting with A2 through A1626, and one each of the others.

I hope this helps.