diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0ee8fe58..476236c6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Imports:
     glue,
     labeling,
     lifecycle,
-    munsell (>= 0.5),
     R6,
     RColorBrewer,
     rlang (>= 1.0.0),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 6ce1d4b5..bf983f83 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -262,4 +262,3 @@ importFrom(graphics,rect)
 importFrom(graphics,text)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecate_soft)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
-importFrom(munsell,mnsl)
diff --git a/R/pal-gradient.R b/R/pal-gradient.R
index 7d308951..5b0830c7 100644
--- a/R/pal-gradient.R
+++ b/R/pal-gradient.R
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ gradient_n_pal <- pal_gradient_n
 #' image(r, col = pal_div_gradient()(seq(0, 1, length.out = 30)))
 #' image(r, col = pal_div_gradient()(seq(0, 1, length.out = 100)))
 #'
-#' library(munsell)
-#' pal <- pal_div_gradient(low = mnsl(complement("10R 4/6"), fix = TRUE))
+#' pal <- pal_div_gradient(low = "#2E6A70")
 #' image(r, col = pal(seq(0, 1, length.out = 100)))
-#' @importFrom munsell mnsl
-pal_div_gradient <- function(low = mnsl("10B 4/6"), mid = mnsl("N 8/0"), high = mnsl("10R 4/6"), space = "Lab") {
+pal_div_gradient <- function(
+    low  = "#2B6788", # munsell::mnsl("10B 4/6"),
+    mid  = "#CBCBCB", # munsell::mnsl("N 8/0"),
+    high = "#90503F", # munsell::mnsl("10R 4/6"),
+    space = "Lab") {
   pal_gradient_n(c(low, mid, high), space = space)
 }
 
@@ -72,9 +74,11 @@ div_gradient_pal <- pal_div_gradient
 #' show_col(pal_seq_gradient()(x))
 #' show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", "black")(x))
 #'
-#' library(munsell)
-#' show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", mnsl("10R 4/6"))(x))
-pal_seq_gradient <- function(low = mnsl("10B 4/6"), high = mnsl("10R 4/6"), space = "Lab") {
+#' show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", "#90503F")(x))
+pal_seq_gradient <- function(
+    low  = "#2B6788", # munsell::mnsl("10B 4/6"),
+    high = "#90503F", # munsell::mnsl("10R 4/6"),
+    space = "Lab") {
   pal_gradient_n(c(low, high), space = space)
 }
 
diff --git a/man/pal_div_gradient.Rd b/man/pal_div_gradient.Rd
index c633eef9..d0e37b81 100644
--- a/man/pal_div_gradient.Rd
+++ b/man/pal_div_gradient.Rd
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 \title{Diverging colour gradient (continuous).}
 \usage{
 pal_div_gradient(
-  low = mnsl("10B 4/6"),
-  mid = mnsl("N 8/0"),
-  high = mnsl("10R 4/6"),
+  low = "#2B6788",
+  mid = "#CBCBCB",
+  high = "#90503F",
   space = "Lab"
 )
 
 div_gradient_pal(
-  low = mnsl("10B 4/6"),
-  mid = mnsl("N 8/0"),
-  high = mnsl("10R 4/6"),
+  low = "#2B6788",
+  mid = "#CBCBCB",
+  high = "#90503F",
   space = "Lab"
 )
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ image(r, col = pal_div_gradient()(seq(0, 1, length.out = 12)))
 image(r, col = pal_div_gradient()(seq(0, 1, length.out = 30)))
 image(r, col = pal_div_gradient()(seq(0, 1, length.out = 100)))
 
-library(munsell)
-pal <- pal_div_gradient(low = mnsl(complement("10R 4/6"), fix = TRUE))
+pal <- pal_div_gradient(low = "#2E6A70")
 image(r, col = pal(seq(0, 1, length.out = 100)))
 }
diff --git a/man/pal_seq_gradient.Rd b/man/pal_seq_gradient.Rd
index 253e133e..fd74d7fc 100644
--- a/man/pal_seq_gradient.Rd
+++ b/man/pal_seq_gradient.Rd
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 \alias{seq_gradient_pal}
 \title{Sequential colour gradient palette (continuous)}
 \usage{
-pal_seq_gradient(low = mnsl("10B 4/6"), high = mnsl("10R 4/6"), space = "Lab")
+pal_seq_gradient(low = "#2B6788", high = "#90503F", space = "Lab")
 
-seq_gradient_pal(low = mnsl("10B 4/6"), high = mnsl("10R 4/6"), space = "Lab")
+seq_gradient_pal(low = "#2B6788", high = "#90503F", space = "Lab")
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{low}{colour for low end of gradient.}
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ x <- seq(0, 1, length.out = 25)
 show_col(pal_seq_gradient()(x))
 show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", "black")(x))
 
-library(munsell)
-show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", mnsl("10R 4/6"))(x))
+show_col(pal_seq_gradient("white", "#90503F")(x))
 }