Color Impact 2023

Color Impact 2023 was a great success last June 11-15, 2023 at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
These pages are left here for archival purposes. We hope to see you at a future Color Council meeting! Our next conference in June 2025.

Gather with your friends and color colleagues for five days of fascinating keynotes, thought-provoking presentations, hands-on workshops, short courses, field trips, and special events.

We expect attendees from around the world and from across the spectrum of color professions
including Science, Industry, Education, Art & Design.

Thank you to our sponsors for Color Impact 2023.

Presentations will address a range of topics including:

Color in Science and Industry

Perception, Vision, and Physiology
Language and Psychology
Lighting
Measurement and Management
Imaging and Reproduction

Color in Art and Design

Art and Design Projects
Creative Uses of Color
Practical Applications of Color
Interactions of Color
Environmental Color

Color Education

Multidisciplinary Color Experience
Innovative Teaching Methods and Materials
Color History

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Color Impact 2023: Color and Human Experience
will be held in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Munsell Color Science Lab at RIT.

Rochester, NY is a long-term incubator in the field of color, demonstrated by the historic contributions of Eastman Kodak, Xerox Corporation, and many others. There has been long-term academic presence, celebrated as a part of this conference with the 40th Anniversary of the Munsell Color Science Laboratory. Today, Rochester is still home to world class industrial research and entrepreneurship in many fields related to color, particularly color imaging.

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Comfortable, modern dormitory housing will be available. A list of local hotels is available here.

The Rochester airport is served by all major airlines.
A one-way ride share from the airport to the dormitories is estimated at less than $20.

This detailed PDF shows the location of the parking lot where you should park, or be dropped off.
Attendees who park will be provided parking passes in advance of arrival.
Signage will direct you to conference check-in a short walk to the north.

All campus events will be a comfortable 5-10 minute walk from the dormitories.