Composition of Spectrum Hues. Color Standards and Nomenclature.
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TABLE OF PERCENTAGES OF COMPONENT COLORS IN THE
CONNECTING HUES OF THE CHROMATIC SCALE.
The following table shows the relative percentages, in color-wheel measurement, of the two components in each of the hues connecting adjacent pairs of the six spectrum colors as represented on the original Plates of this work; together with an equal number of exact intermediates (not shown on the Plates), the latter in lower-case type and not indicated by symbols.
| Number. | Color. | Red. | Orange. | Yellow. | Green. | Blue. | Violet. | Wavelength.[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 100 | 644 | ||||||
| 2 | 90 | 10 | ||||||
| 3 | O-R | 80 | 20 | |||||
| 4 | 70 | 30 | ||||||
| 5 | OO-R | 60 | 40 | |||||
| 6 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| 7 | R-O | 40 | 60 | |||||
| 8 | 30 | 70 | ||||||
| 9 | OR-O | 20 | 80 | |||||
| 10 | 10 | 90 | ||||||
| 11 | Orange | 100 | 598 | |||||
| 12 | 96 | 4 | ||||||
| 13 | OY-O | 91 | 9 | |||||
| 14 | 86 | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | Y-O | 80 | 20 | |||||
| 16 | 73.5 | 26.5 | ||||||
| 17 | O-Y | 65 | 35 | |||||
| 18 | 56.5 | 43.5 | ||||||
| 19 | YO-Y | 47 | 53 | |||||
| 20 | 36.5 | 63.5 | ||||||
| 21 | O-YY | 25 | 75 | |||||
| 22 | 13.5 | 86.5 | ||||||
| 23 | Yellow | 100 | 577 | |||||
| 24 | 87 | 13 | ||||||
| 25 | 75 | 25 | ||||||
| 26 | 63 | 36 | ||||||
| 27 | G-Y | 55 | 45 | |||||
| 28 | 46 | 54 | ||||||
| 29 | GG-Y | 39 | 61 | |||||
| 30 | 31 | 69 |
- ↑ As determined by Dr. P. G. Nutting, Associate Physicist, U. S. Bureau of Standards.
