Munsell mug

10YR coffee no handle

I understand these come in sets of four: 10YR, 5YR, not entirely certain of the other two. Handles, um, tend to fail.

Google your own set soon….

For extra credit: what color is your coffee?

For Munsell details, start with WikiPee.


  1. jcb says:

    My coffee is based on a more designer-oriented scale, thank you very much.

  2. Sherry says:

    I like it! Coffee and Tea really is the color of soil and think of all the fun you could have with cream and other fun things getting your drink to match one of the soil chromas! Thai coffee and tea would introduce some of those orange hues….you could write a recipe book to go along with the mugs really and certainly there would be some soil scientists and other geeky folks who would appreciate it.

  3. Sammy says:

    Love that idea, Sherry. Want to work on it? I’m thinking we should be heavy on whisky drinks….

  4. Pooh says:

    I just figured out that 5 YR and 10 YR are not anniversaries, but chroma in the yellow-red bands. I even read the Wikipee link yesterday. Doh!

  5. Sherry says:

    You bring the mugs….we’ll bring some single malt!

  6. Sherry says:

    Ps. That reddish brown? Cocoa with ground chili.

  7. Maureen Meyers says:

    so glad my dirty mug inspires…