In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, MIT researchers manipulated E coli genes so that they respond when illuminated by red, green, or blue light they fluoresce red, green or blue. So a coloured image projected onto a bacterial mat causes the bacteria to emit red, green...
I guess you all know what the Pantone Color of 2017 is. If you want to see a feast of green visit the Pantone web pages by clicking here. But can you remember what the colour of the year was in 2010? The table below will...
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The CG(GB) welcomes our latest Patron Member. The University says; At Northumbria University our inspirational academics, cutting edge courses, outstanding facilities and extensive partner network means that we offer exceptional opportunities to learn from the best, enjoy every minute and give your career an edge. Northumbria...
The CG(GB) has agreed to sponsor two student prizes for the meeting at IC. The meeting is described so: Ever since humans contemplated replicating the flight of birds, biomimetics has sought solutions to complicated problems by examining how Nature, with the advantage of several millions of...
Following a very successful RED EVENT last December, the Norhtern Chapter of the CG(GB) has had the idea taken up by the Northumbria University School of Design which has put in a colour red show in their atrium - everywhere you look it's RED....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Michel Albert-Vanel's book Planetary Colour System(PCS) is now published in English and the image above is of the cover. The author has lectured for more than 30 years at l"Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and gave a presentation at...
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[NOTE:refers to previous website] The strip on the left that runs down for some way is an analysis of what colours appear on our Home Page, the length of a colour being the proportion of colours on the page. Another way to show our 'colours' is...
Well, the letters stand for British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies and they want to form a Special Interest Group on Colour and Film. Colour and Film thus encompasses, but is not limited to, questions of film making, exhibition, archives, film history and analyses from early...