Events

Our events center on educating our membership and the greater color community.

Upcoming events

    • 27 Mar 2026
    • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • virtual
    • 11
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    Colorful Connections is an opportunity to gather informally with other members of ISCC for a little socializing, networking and learning from each other. Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience. Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation! 

    Note that this is Members Only event. Not a member, no problem - Join here!

    • 03 Apr 2026
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Virtual
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    The Colour Literacy Forum is a virtual platform featuring presentations and interactive conversations focused on updating and expanding 21st century colour education at the university level. The goal of this global collaboration is to develop a 21st century STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) model that positions colour as a meta-discipline and aligns colour education with current needs in the culture, providing state-of-the-art resources, and offering dynamic networking opportunities for all stakeholders.

    Register using the button at left. For complete details visit Colour Literacy Project.

    Colour in Practice: Expanding Knowledge for a Changing World

    2026 Series, Part 1

    As global challenges reshape how we design, communicate, and engage with our environments, colour itself must evolve to meet new social, ecological, and technological demands. The series highlights practitioners, researchers, and thinkers who propose innovative, meaningful, and ethical approaches to colour—grounded in current knowledge rather than inherited conventions.

    Each Forum showcases real-world applications that position colour as a strategic, sensorial, psychological, ecological, and systemic tool, demonstrating its impact across materials, spaces, and experiences. Understanding this broader landscape allows us to see colour not simply as an aesthetic choice, but as a force with tangible effects. The series invites participants to question assumptions, explore emerging methodologies, and expand their understanding of colour. In doing so, it redefines colour literacy for today and the future, framing it as a vital, dynamic form of knowledge—one that equips us to navigate a complex, interconnected, and rapidly changing world with insight, responsibility, and creativity.

    Forum 15: Designing With Colour -

         Relation, Strategy & Regeneration


    The speakers: 

    Timo Rieke, Professor of Colour and Surface Design at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim.

    Title:  Color as Relation: The End of Substance and the Beginning of Practice

    Montaha Hidefi, Color ArchaeologistTM

    Title: The Future is Ancient: Why CMF Strategy Needs Color ArchaeologyTM

    Laura Perryman, MA (RCA), Colour and CMF designer, researcher, and forecaster.

    Title: Colour Without Consequence? Rethinking CMF Practice For a Regenerative Future


    For full abstracts and speaker bios refer to the Colour Literacy site.

International Color Day March 21


International Colour Day is an annual event celebrating colour. It is supported by the International Colour Association/AIC. Events are happening everywhere. 

Learn more at AIC - International Color Association

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The Color Council regularly holds several types of events, both in person and virtually. The goal of these events varies, but all center on educating our membership and the greater color community. We hope to see you at one of these soon!



Colour Literacy Forums are a part of the larger Colour Literacy Project is exploring new approaches to colour education as a multidisciplinary system of connections between science, art and design, industry, technology, and culture. Fluency with the language of color sharpens our visual intelligence, expands our perceptions, and enhances our ability to communicate.

21st century color literacy is not just for scientists and artists — it is for everyone. 



Fluorescent Fridays are one-hour virtual events serving as a platform for university students from all disciplines to network with color professionals and fellow students, and to explore cutting-edge information about color’s role in our lives and applications in the world.

More about Fluorescent Fridays


Colorful Connections is an opportunity to gather informally with other members of ISCC for a little socializing, networking and learning from each other. Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience. Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation!

Note that this is Members Only event. Not a member, no problem - Join here!

Our Annual meeting brings the entire membership together, either virtually or in person. The topics vary, but they are always designed to address the broad spectrum of interests present in our membership.

Our next Color Impact will be June 16-18, 2025 in Rochester NY. Color As Communication.

In June 2023, we held Color Impact 2023 in Rochester NY.

Our Cutting Edge Color lecture series provides an opportunity for a deeper dive into all matter of subjects related to color. Many of these are recorded, and recordings are made available to the membership.

Not a member? Join here!

For a list of past events, visit the complete events listing.


Our quarterly 45-minute lecture series  is a deeper dive into a range of topics related to color.  The public is invited to register FREE for live events, and members have access to recordings. 

BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile 

Presented by Dr Elisabeth Berry Drago, Director of Visitor Engagement at the Science History Institute. Recorded last January 23, 2024.

screen grab of Dr Elizabeth Drago presenting a slide on how the museum sets up an exhibit

We are sharing this webinar to non-members for free. Visit this link to the webinar BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile and enter your name and email address. 

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