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  • Fluorescent Fridays: Colournamers Linking Vision and Speech

    • 20 Feb 2026
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • virtual
    • 299
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    WHO University students and faculty
    WHEN     
    		 Friday February 20, 2026, 11AM EST

    How do we communicate about colour across languages and viewing conditions? Our research team at Northeastern University London investigates how speakers of different languages carve up colour space in context. In this Fluorescent Friday event, you will hear from three Colournamers: Akvile will demonstrate Colour Spinner, an interactive tool for exploring colour naming across six languages; Rafique will reveal why current AI systems struggle with colour naming despite their linguistic sophistication; and Beata will show how the colours around us interact and shift the colours we perceive and name.

    The information below is edited for brevity. The complete abstracts and bios for all talks are available in this PDF.


    Presenters (left to right):

    Dimitris Mylonas, Associate Professor in Data Science

    Introduction

    Akvile Sinkeviciute, PhD Student

    Title: Colour Spinner: An Interactive Tool for Multilingual Colour Communication

    Rafique Ahmed, PhD Student

    Title: Colour understanding in AI models

    Beata Wozniak, Postdoctoral researcher

    Title: Colour naming in context

    FLUORESCENT FRIDAYS is 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. 

    Global Student Chapter: The long range goal is to build a global student chapter that positions color as a multidimensional STEAM model (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), sharing up-to-date color research by scientists, artists, designers, industry professionals, and university students.21st century color communication requires a commitment to building bridges for sharing resources, cultivating mentors, and creating new opportunities. With up-to-date information and useful tools, students become the next generation of leaders in ever-evolving color related disciplines.

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BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile

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


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I first encountered the blue morpho in Kai Kupferschmidt’s book, Blue: In Search of Nature’s Rarest Color, which I reviewed in Issue 504 of ISCC News. There I learned about a tricky problem that the butterfly appears to have solved through natural selection. Interference patterns can lead to brilliant structural colors, but the color you see generally depends on the angles of illumination and viewing.

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