A deeper dive into a range of topics related to color. Live event FREE to public, recordings for members only. BOLD: Color from Test Tube to TextilePresented by Dr Elisabeth Berry Drago, Director of Visitor Engagement at the Science History Institute. Recorded January 23, 2024. |
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Date | Presenter | Title (link goes to abstract and/or slides when available) | Registration link (if available) |
Dec 3, 2024 | Dr. Julia Hartling | Chasing Colors: Evolutionary Insights into Why We See Red (and Everything Else) | Registration closed |
Apr 23, 2024 |
Mr Kai Kupferschmidt | Blue – The Science of Nature’s Rarest Color | Registration closed |
Jan 23, 2024 |
Dr Elisabeth Berry Drago | Exploring Dye Histories in Bold: Color from Test Tube to Textile | Registration closed |
Apr 12, 2023 |
Ms Nuria Estape | Upcycling waste into timeless colors | Registration closed |
Nov 7, 2023 |
Ms Judith van Vliet | The Power of Color, Changing Perceptions | Registration closed |
Apr 12, 2023 |
Ms Nuria Estape | Upcycling waste into timeless colors | Registration closed |
Mar 9, 2023 |
Dr Roland Fleming |
How We Learn To See “Stuff" | Registration Closed |
May 24, 2022 |
Dr Timo Kunkel |
High Dynamic Range Imaging - Technologies, Applications and Perceptual Considerations | Registration closed |
Apr 26, 2022 |
Dr Mike Royer |
Understanding and Communicating Color Rendition | Registration Closed |
Mar 1, 2022 |
Mr Nick Harkess and Ms Paula Alessi |
A Meeting of Minds: Art and Colour Science" | Registration Closed |
Nov 2, 2021 |
Dr Stephen Westland |
Unravelling the effects of coloured environments and coloured lights | Registration closed |
Sep 20, 2021 |
Dr Bevil Conway |
The Brain: the Artist’s Medium |
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May 12, 2021 |
Ms. Kine Angelo | The Greying of Norway | Registration closed |
Mar 23, 2021 |
Dr Andy Towns |
Now you see it, now you don't: industrial chromism |
Registration closed |
Jan 28, 2021 |
Dr. John Barbur | Colour Assessment for Health and Employment | Registration closed |
May 5, 2020 |
Dr. Sally Augustin | The Science of Designing with Color: Making the Right Choices | Registration closed |
Apr 14, 2020 |
Ms Shelli Sedlak | Light and Color with LED | Registration closed |
Mar 17, 2020 | Ms Ellen Divers | The "Blind Spot" in Architectural Color | Registration closed |
Feb 25, 2020 | Ms. Ruthanne M. Hanlon | Color and Culture | Registration closed |
Jan 28, 2020 | Mr Ken Butts | ULTRA-PORTABLE COLOR MEASUREMENT – A Spectro in Your Pocket | Registration closed |
Nov 19, 2019 | Mr Roland Connelly | Comparison of LED Lighting Adopted by Retailers to Typical LED Spectra Adopted by the CIE | Registration Closed |
Oct 22, 2019 | Dr Tony Stanton | Color Management in the Graphic Arts | Registration closed |
Sep 24, 2019 |
Ms Ann Laidlaw & Ms Jodi Baker |
Introduction to CIEL*a*b* | Registration closed |
Jul 9, 2019 | Mr Fritz Horstman | Interacting with Color: the Art and Teaching of Josef Albers | Registration closed |
Mar 21, 2019 | Dr Michael Webster | Adaptation and color | Registration closed |
Feb 19, 2019 | Ms Kristen Dettoni | Print on Demand - Exploring the Market Opportunities | Registration closed |
Jan 9, 2019 | Dr Jean Hoskin | Application of Albers's Interaction of Color to Color Evaluation | Registration closed |
Oct 16, 2018 | Dr Andrew Stockman | Cone fundamentals, color matching functions, luminous efficiency and individual differences | Registration closed |
Sep 18, 2018 | Dr Mark Fairchild | Color Appearance, Color Order, & Other Color Systems | Registration closed |
May 30, 2018 | Ms Lori Sayawa | Psychological Color Temperature and Color Harmony | Registration closed |
Apr 25, 2018 | Dr Paul Centore | A Practical Introduction to the Munsell Colour System for Artists | Registration closed |
Mar 21, 2018 |
Dr David Briggs | The New Anatomy of Colour | Registration link (to view the recording) |
Feb 21, 2018 | Mr John Seymour | Albert Munsell, the Father of Color Science? | Registration Closed |
Jan 17, 2018 | Dr Roy Berns | Webinar: Color Science and the Visual Arts | Registration closed |
Sept 27, 2017 | Dr Anthony Stanton | Webinar: Color in Digital Cinema | Registration closed. |
Mar 21 2017 |
Dr Mark D Fairchild | From Photon to Brain: The Perception of Color |
Registration closed. |
Dec 5 2016 |
Dr Susan Farnand and Dr Michael J. Murdoch |
Challenges and rewards of teaching an online color science course Seminar recording (37MB!) |
Registration closed. |
Sep 22 2016 |
Mr A. Nurhan Becidyan | The Chemistry & Physics of Special Effect Pigments & Colorants | Registration closed. |
Mar 29 2016 |
Mr John Conant | The Right Paint Color to Help Hide a Helicopter | Registration closed. |
Dec 8 2015 |
Dr. Françoise Viénot | Color Vision Fundamentals: A Model for the Future of Colorimetry |
Registration closed. |
Sep 10 2015 |
Ms Ann Laidlaw | The Future of Lighting: Color, Efficiency, and Compliance |
Registration closed. |
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