upcoming colour events around the world

please check the indicated time here with the organizers and your time zone

last update: 18 May 2025

2025

Registration open

24 May 2025, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT - on-site
Natural Ink-Making Workshop, CANADA
With Steph Cloutier, a multidisciplinary artist 
Location: Artbarn School, 250 Eglinton Ave West, Toronto
Organization: Colour Research Society of Canada (CRSC)
https://www.colourresearch.org/event-details-registration/natural-ink-making-workshop-with-steph-cloutier

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25-28 May 2025 - on-site/online
10th Eye International Conference, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
"The Colour Fantastic Revisited: Across Global Histories, Theories, Aesthetics, and Archives"
Organized by Eye Filmmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Utrecht, in collaboration with Colour in Film (Colour Group GB & HTW Berlin).
https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/programme/eye-international-conference-2025/1368200

Registration ends 1 June 2025

6 June 2025, 4:00 pm - on-site
pro colore event, Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Visit to the Showroom Exceptis
Location: Exceptis, Bleicherweg 7, CH-8002 Zürich
https://procolore.ch/treffs/#

Registration open  

16-18 June 2025 - on-site
Color Impact 2025 Conference, Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES
"Color as Communication"
Gather with your friends and color colleagues for three days of fascinating keynotes, thought-provoking presentations, hands-on workshops, short courses, field trips, and special events.
Location: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, United States
Organized by Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC)
Early Bird Registration before 13 May 2025
https://iscc.org/Color-Impact-2025

16-18 June 2025 - online
Color Impact 2025: Color Shifts Virtual Exhibition, UNITED STATES
We invite submissions from all creatives at all levels, in all media: artists, scientists, designers, students, faculty, industry professionals, and anyone interested in creatively expressing color through physical and digital materials – all are welcome. The Online Exhibit will be presented at the conference and available on the website.
Organized by Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13922

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17 June 2025 - online
Webinar, AUSTRALIA
Speaker: Dr Fiona MacLachlan, Professor of Architectural Practice, University of Edinburgh  
Organization: Colour Society of Australia
https://coloursociety.org.au/

Registration open

18-20 June 2025 - on-site
14th National Color Congress - XIV Congreso Nacional del Color, Mérida, SPAIN
https://www.congresonacionalcolor.com

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26-28 June 2025 - on-site
'Chromatic Encounters': CHROMOTOPE closing conference, Paris, FRANCE
Experiencing Colour from Early Modern Literature to Modernism
Location: Sorbonne Université and Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
https://chromotope.eu/chromatic-encounters-chromotope-closing-conference/

Registration ends 15 June 2025

28 June 2025, 11:00 am CET - on-site
pro colore museum day, SWITZERLAND
Guided tour of the Typorama, a typographic museum and print shop
Location: Typorama, Fabrikstrasse 30a, CH-9220 Bischofszell, TG
https://procolore.ch/treffs/#

4 July 2025, 4:00 pm CET - on-site
pro colore event, SWITZERLAND
Workshop: Hand Lettering and Sign Painting with Pentel Pens
with Laila Luisi, https://www.letteraetc.ch/
Location: Haus der Farbe, Thurgauerstrasse 60, CH-8050 Zürich
https://procolore.ch/treffs/#

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4-5 July 2025 - on-site
15th Dresden Colour Forum, GERMANY
What the painter knows: Colour knowledge in painting - Colour theories and systems in the history of painting and their relevance today
Sammlung Farbenlehre TU Dresden 
Organized by Ralf Weber, Thomas Kanthak, Stefan Ostendorf, TU Dresden, and Christoph Herm, HfBK Dresden
https://www.farbenforum-dresden.org

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4-11 July 2025 - on-site
CIE Midterm Meeting, Vienna, AUSTRIA
4-6 July 2025: CIE Statutory Bodies Meetings (6 July 2025: General Assembly)
7-9 July 2025: CIE Scientific Conference (6 July 2025: Welcome Reception)
10-11 July 2025: CIE Division & TC Meetings
Organized by CIE Central Bureau
https://cie.co.at/news/cie-midterm-meeting-vienna-austria-2025

Registration open

8 July 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (US Eastern) - online
ISCC Cutting Edge Color Webinar, UNITED STATES
"Inside the Colorful World of Birds"
Speaker: Mary Caswell Stoddard, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University 
https://www.iscc.org/

23 August 2025 - on-site
pro colore museum day, SWITZERLAND
Colour, stone, paper - play a part!
Interactive tour through the exhibition
Location: Kulturhaus Obere Stube, Oberstadt 7, CH-8260 Stein am Rhein
https://procolore.ch/treffs/#

Registration ends 30 August 2025

4 September 2025 - online
CMG 2025 Virtual Summit Reveal, UNITED STATES
2027+ World Color Forecast™ Reveal 4 Regions
Organised by Color Marketing Group 
https://app.glueup.com/event/2025-international-summit-124762/

Call for Papers ends 31 May 2025

4-5 September 2025 - on-site
20th Color Conference - XX Conferenza del Colore (en/it), Naples, ITALY
Call for Papers extended to 31 May 2025
Organized by Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana Colore
https://www.gruppodelcolore.org/la-conferenza/?lang=en

20 September 2025 - on-site
pro colore museum day, SWITZERLAND
Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back to Lucerne
Private guided tour through one of the most impressive exhibitions
Location: Kunstmuseum Luzern, Europaplatz 1, CH-6002 Luzern
https://procolore.ch/treffs/

Registration ends 30 August 2025

30 September 2025 to 2 October 2025, CDT - on-site
2025 International Summit, Dallas, Texas, UNITED STATES
Chromatic Connections
Organised by Color Marketing Group
https://app.glueup.com/event/2025-international-summit-124762/

Call for Presentations

1, 8, 15, 22 October 2025 - online
V edición de Jornadas online de investigación y Docencia del Color, Madrid, SPAIN
Los colores de la piel (Skin Colours)
Invited Speakers: Breny Mendoza, Sandra Gamarra and Alberto Moreno "Grihan"
https://sites.google.com/ucm.es/investigacion-cromatica

AIC2025

19-24 October 2025 - on-site
AIC 2025 - 16th Congress of the International Colour Association (AIC), Taipei, TAIWAN
“Color for the Future” - All topics related to colour are welcome!
Venue: Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, No.133, Guangfu South Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 11072, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Organization: Color Association of Taiwan (CAT)
Conference Chair: Prof. Tien-Rein Lee, President, Huafan University, Taiwan
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. Pei-Li Sun, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Notification of abstract acceptance: 1 June 2025
Full paper submission deadline: 1 September 2025
Early Bird Registration and Payment Deadline: 1 September 2025
Standard Registration and Payment Deadline: 10 October 2025
https://www.aic2025.org/

24 October 2025, 4:00 pm CET - on-site
pro colore event, SWITZERLAND
Faber-Castell Presentation and Workshop, https://www.faber-castell.ch/
Location: Haus der Farbe, Thurgauerstrasse 60, CH-8050 Zürich
https://procolore.ch/treffs/#

Call for Papers

27-31 October 2025 - on-site
CIC33 2025, HONG KONG
IS&T Color and Imaging Conference 
Call for Papers
- Journal-first (JIST or JPI) 15 May 2025
- Conference 8 June 2025
https://www.imaging.org/IST/IST/Conferences/CIC/CIC2025/CIC_Home.aspx

Call for Papers extended to 16 May 2025

31 October to 2 November 2025 - on-site/online 
CSA National Conference, Sydney, AUSTRALIA 
Colour Matrix Sydney 2025
Location: RAHS History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney + online
Organized by The New South Wales Division of the Colour Society of Australia (CSA)
Submission deadline for abstracts extended to 16 May 2025
https://coloursociety.org.au/event-5983396

8 November 2025 - on-site
pro colore museum day, SWITZERLAND
Good textile!
Private guided tour and exploration of the permanent exhibition
Location: Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Vadianstrasse 2, CH-9000 St. Gallen
https://procolore.ch/treffs/

13–14 November 2025 - on-site
NAF/NAAR Symposium 2025, Trondheim, NORWAY
Light and Colour in Architecture
Venue: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Organized by NTNU Department of Architecture and Technology and Nordic Association of Architectural Research NAF/NAAR
https://www.ntnu.edu/light-and-colour-2025/home

Registration ends 1 November 2025

14 November 2025, 4:00 pm CET - on-site
pro colore event, SWITZERLAND
Visit of the School Building Chliriet 
Designed by EMI Architekten and Baumberger Stegmeier Architektur
Location: Chlirietstrasse 20, CH-8154 Oberglatt, ZH 
Organized by pro colore
https://procolore.ch/schulhaus-chliriet/

2026

3-4-5 September 2026 - on-site
AIC 2026 Midterm Meeting, Florence, ITALY
"Color and Cultural Heritage"
The program will delve into the conservation and restoration of culturally significant artefacts and sites.
Organized by GdC - Associazione Italiana Color
https://www.aic2026.org/