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NCS is as simple as this......

The six pure colors we see are:.

NCS Sphere is like a "globe", with the "equator" representing the "color circle." This model is "carried in the human brain"-- the Notations are exact descriptions of the colors that we see.

NCS Color Triangle shows W, S, and C.It is a vertical section cut through the sphere. The "vertical center core" is the  "grey scale" divided into units of 10.-- from white W (at the  top) to black S (at the bottom). This core becomes the spine of the triangle.

NCS Color Circle, a horizontal section through the center where the four chromatic elementary colors are placed like a compass.The measured steps, in each quadrant, between any two elementary colors, is visually divided and numbered in units of 10. For example, when moving from Yellow to Red, each step gets 10% more Red. Orange is Y50R since it is "half-way" between Y and R.

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