Universal Language and
Dictionary of Names

Kenneth L. Kelly and Deane B. Judd*

Sensory Environment Section
Center for Building Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Supersedes and Combines

THE ISCC-NBS METHOD OF DESIGNATING COLORS AND

A DICTIONARY OF COLOR NAMES,

by Kenneth L. Kelly and Deane B. Judd, NBS Circular 553, Nov. 1, 1955

and

A UNIVERSAL COLOR LANGUAGE, by Kenneth L. Kelly, Color Engineering 3, 16
(March-April 1965)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary

Edward O. Vetter, Under Secretary

Dr. Betsy Anker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

National Bureau of Standards, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director

DECEMBER 1976

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-600071

COVER PICTURE: Color solid representing the three-dimensional arrangement of colors.
See also page A-2.

Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 440, 184 pages (December 1976).

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402
(Order by SD Catalog No. C13. 10: 440) Price $3.25

Stock Number 003-003-01705-1