Munsell Soil Color Charts
Soil color charts offer an affordable way to evaluate and classify the color of soil. Munsell Soil Color Book is organized for fast, easy on-site soil color analysis.
With a soil color book with Munsell notations, a science student or teacher can visually connect soil colors with natural environments of the area, and students can learn to read and record the color, scientifically.
How to Read a Munsell Color Chart
The Munsell color system is a means to visually identify and match color. Since color is applicable in so many fields, learning how to read these color charts and numbers can be very useful. Here is a step-by-step.
Munsell Color System | Soils at UGA - University of Georgia
The Munsell Color System describes a soil’s color, based on Hue, Value & Chroma. The Munsell Book is a collection of color chips with varying degrees of hue, value & chroma. Take a small soil sample and match it up with the appropriate color chip to determine that soil’s Munsell “code.”
Significance of Soil Color • Used to distinguish soil horizons • It can serve as an indicator of the amount and distribution of organic matter within a soil • It can serve as an indicator of the degree of aeration or reduction • “Brighter” colors indicate better drained soils • …
Soil Colors of the United States - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Maps that show soil color at various depths for individual States and the Continental United States. Download images or animated gif files of the soil color maps. Download georeferenced tif files at 30 m resolution for use with GIS software.
Each color box shows how many times the color is a: 1) standalone root color, 2) non-hue modified root color, and 3) modifier of other root colors. The bold numbers in the left column of the box correspond to the numbers in the symbols of the matrix.
Soil color and other properties including texture, structure, and consistence are used to distinguish and identify soil horizons (layers) and to group soils according to the soil classification system called Soil
Soil Color: Munsell Color Charts & Books for Classification
The color of soil is a quick, visible indicator that scientists use to determine everything from land use to soil conservation. The Munsell Soil Color Book and Soil Color Charts accompany scientists in the field or in the laboratory to help them easily examine and classify soil based on color.
The folder contains 13 erasable color charts with a total of 443 colors for the determination / classification of soil and rock colors as well as their texture.