Munsell Color Soil Color book

This revised edition features the same colors available in pervious books plus additional color charts.Included are a 10Y and 5GY soil color chart for glauconite soils, a 5R soil chart for Australia and Southeast Asia and 7.5R soil chart for tropical and semi-tropical soil.A munsell high value, low chroma “ white” page shows half steps from 8.5 to 9.5 value with chromas of 1 and 2 for N, 7.5YR, 10YR and 2.5Y.USe this page to describe carbonate, silica, gypsum, and soluble salt precipitates and evaporites common to arid and semi-arid environments as we as very light colored parent materials such as diatomaceous earth and volcanic ash.The book light grya pages decrease su glare.the color chips are recessed into each water-resistant page to allow dirt and debris to be wiped off easily with less effectt on the color chips.2009 revised edition