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The Color Council (ISCC) is the principal interdisciplinary society in the United States dedicated to advancing color research and best practices in industry, design/arts and education.

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Rochester Institute of Technology

June 16-18, 2025

Color Impact 2025 was a perfect blend of learning, innovation and community building for anyone passionate about color!

Find out what happened HERE.


Upcoming Events

    • 13 Oct 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • virtual
    • 24
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    Colorful Connections is an opportunity to gather informally with other members of ISCC for a little socializing, networking and learning from each other. Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience. Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation! 

    Note that this is Members Only event. Not a member, no problem - Join here!

    • 29 Oct 2025
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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    Dr. Larry E. Steenhoek Receives the Godlove Award

    We are pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient of the Godlove Award is Dr. Larry E. Steenhoek. This online presentation will include a brief history of the Godlove Award,  citation by Anthony Calabria, followed by the Godlove Lecture by Dr. Steenhoek.

    The Complete History of Color Measurements for the Automotive Industry (Abridged)

    Automotive color measurement has evolved dramatically over the past century, moving from visual assessments to sophisticated multi-angle instrumentation. Early 45/0 and sphere-based instruments were adequate for solid colors, but the rise of metallics and pearlescents required new approaches capable of capturing angle-dependent effects.

    This lecture traces key milestones: the 1987 ISCC Williamsburg Conference, where multi-angle measurement was first openly discussed; the introduction of experimental and commercial portable devices in the 1990s; and the steady cycle of innovation and standardization that followed. Today, nearly 200,000 multi-angle spectrophotometers are in active use worldwide, most in body shops, where they underpin formula retrieval, refinish quality, and OEM certification.

    Drawing on four decades at DuPont and Axalta, the presentation highlights not only the technical advances but also their impact on paint formulation, design, and marketing. What began as a laboratory challenge has become an everyday reality, enabling color to be managed with precision across the global automotive industry.

    This meeting will be held via Zoom. Use the following link on Oct 29 at 2pm Eastern Time:


    https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82354045027?pwd=G7UvSz7TRR30agKB4IGCWyjdgM0qb3.1
    Meeting ID: 823 5404 5027
    Passcode: 341185


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Deadlines for our Student Support Grant are May 15 and October 15 of each year. This grant is designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students with activities pertaining to colorDetails and application forms here.


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Learn and connect with color professionals through our events, resources, and programs!


The Colour Literacy Project is an educational initiative to strengthen the bridge between art and science in 21st century colour education.

This project provides foundational, state-of-the-art resource within a STEAM framework. Teaching guides available for free download.

VISIT COLORLITERACY.ORG


Join students from all disciplines and network with color professionals. Discover state-of-the-art information about color in our lives and applications in the world. New episode every month. One-hour presentation on topics such as branding, architecture, paint, and more.

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Consider this the online version of coffee breaks and happy hours at a color conference. BYO coffee or beverage and join in the conversation!

Socialize, network, and learn! Discussions are wide-ranging and depend on attendees, their current interests and past experience.

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A deeper dive into a range of topics related to color. 

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.


We are sharing this webinar to non-members for free. Visit this link and enter your name and email address. 


A Look Inside Our Quarterly:

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Diffusion Material for Luminous Mosaic Images

In this editorial, Richard Travis presents a follow-up to his 2021 pair of articles about color education and additive color mixing, which also serves to remind us all to have a look at both of his preceding works.

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Blue Morphos Have a Cool Color

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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