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Chroma below 8. These powders have a lightness and no hue; a hue angle computed from them would be noise. They leave the circle and order by lightness instead.

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Pyrite FeS₂

brass yellow, metallic greenish black

#3a413c · L* 26.7 · C* 4.8 · no hue

Dowlas Gill · 5 April 2024

12 · No hue

Galena PbS

lead grey, metallic lead grey

#898987 · L* 57.1 · C* 1.2 · no hue

Ladgill Level · 17 May 2024

14 · No hue

Magnetite Fe₃O₄

black, metallic black

#3c3c3c · L* 25.5 · C* 0.0 · no hue

Tarnbeck Hush · 23 July 2025

11 · No hue

Rhodochrosite MnCO₃

rose pink, banded white

#c9c2b8 · L* 78.8 · C* 5.8 · no hue

Coldbank Rake · 8 February 2026

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