A system of identification
The Munsell "system" is just a way to identify the three properties of color, value, hue and intensity. Some people may have incorporated this method of identification and derived intellectual color harmony theories from it. If they did, it had nothing at all to do with the Munsell system.
There is no difference between picking up a tube of paint and calling it "Ultramarine Blue" or "Purple Blue Value1 Chroma 8" What you call it has nothing to do with how you use it. In either case, you need to be aware of the fact it's a dark purplish blue of medium to strong intensity. I don't see how this shortcuts anything.
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