Colour In The News
18 Oct Robert W G Hunt Poster Awards 2019
Robert W G Hunt Poster Awards 2019 Local colour and patterns (essence of place) Glenn McArthur OCAD University, Toronto, Canada Presented at the AIC2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina Abstract This is a pedagogical project for first-year OCAD University design students with the objective of exposing them to the concept that every...
12 Nov New Blue
The latest stab at a more 'intense' blue has been made by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in northern California, working with artist Olga Alexopoulou and color researcher Maria Chatzidakis. They have made strides towards developing a new, high-tech pigment dubbed "Quantum Blue."Check it...
28 Oct Fall Color Change Delayed
As the photo shows, the change to autumn colours in the eastern states of the USA is delayed this year. Indeed on average the change has been becoming later year by year. Why? Is it something to do with climate change? Read about it at the...
28 May Genetically Manipulated Bacteria Display Colours
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...
28 Apr Pantone Color of The Year
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...
22 Feb History of Colour in Printing Course
[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]The history of printing is not in black and white. Colour played an essential role in print culture even before Gutenberg printed his Bible, but it has long been hidden in plain sight because colour printing is rarely...
14 Feb NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY NEWCASTLE New Patron Member
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...
04 Feb OPTICAL BIOMIMETICS at Imperial College: CG(GB) Sponsors Prizes
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...
12 Jan RED FEVER GRIPS NORTHERN CHAPTER OF COLOUR GROUP
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....