Greetings- I think this is a good question and one I have wondered about. Is it appropriate to use the Munsell soil chart and the numbers found therein to quantify hue and chroma? Can you use these numbers in statistical tests?
Zach Felix Reinhardt College Waleska, GA > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:15:50 -0400 > From: ctar...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Colors in animals > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > > Hello Mr. Batcher & Ecolog, > > Buff is referring to a color similar to the color name used in cosmetics for > human skin color. > > http://www.whatbird.com/browse/attribute/birds_na_147/110/Color/ > > Catherine Tarsiewicz > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Michael S. Batcher < > mbatc...@riverbeauty.net> wrote: > > > Is there a standard set of colors, with color chips (as in soil colors) for > > animals? I was looking at a description of a bird and came across the > > color > > "buffy" which just did not bring forth an image in my mind. Google lead me > > to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which, while a fun show, was less than > > illuminating. Can anyone give me some guidance on this? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Michael S. Batcher, MS, AICP > > > > Ecologist and Environmental Planner > > > > 1907 Buskirk-West Hoosick Rd. > > > > Buskirk, NY 12028 > > > > > > > > Phone: (518) 686-5868 > > > > Cell: (518) 961-1923 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850553/direct/01/
