Colour Matrix Sydney 2025 full online access

FRIDAY OCT 31

COLOUR SCIENCE

9:00 – 9:20

Doors open 9:00 am

9:20 – 9:30

Welcome and speaker introductions

9:30 – 10:00

Jean Pretorius - A Book with a View: Dr Christine Ladd-Franklin’s “Colour and Colour Theories” (1929)

10:00 – 10:45

Paul Martin - Colour in the Eye and Brain (Keynote)

10:45 – 11:15

David J. C. Briggs - The Apparent Physicality of Colour

11:15 - 11:35

MORNING TEA

11:35 – 12:05

Erin Goddard - Colour Constancy and Attention

12:05 – 12:35

Branka Spehar - Colour–Shape Correspondences: The Role of Complexity

12:35 – 1:00

Questions and discussion

SATURDAY

NOV 1

COLOUR EDUCATION +

COLOUR IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

9:00 – 9:20

Doors open 9:00 am

9:20 – 9:30

Speaker introductions

9:30 -10:00

Stephen Westland and Maggie Maggio – Universal Principles of Color: The Story Behind the Book

10:00 – 10:30

Edward Charbonneau - Color Theory and Literacy: a Reflection on an In-progress Color Course

10:30 – 11:00

David Witt – “Colormxr” and Interactive Color Creation: A New Approach to Color Learning Through RGB+CMY Color Mixing

11:00 – 11:20

MORNING TEA

11:20 - 11:50

Paul Green-Armytage - Teaching Colour without Teaching

11:50  12:00

Ruth Marrion - Personal Colours and Image Consultations: How Valuable are these to a Client’s Authentic Self-Expression?

12:00 – 12:30

Emrah Baki Ulas - On How Little We Know About Light and Colour

12:30 – 1:00

Questions and Discussion

1:00 – 2:00

LUNCH

2:00 – 2:30

Julian Rennie and Alessandro Premier - Colour Conservation Study of William Gummer's Country Homestead: Tauroa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

2:30 – 3:00

Samantha Donnelly and Sonia van der Haar - Trauma-Informed Colour Design: The Impact of Colour In Women’s Shelter Environments

3:00 – 3:10

Rebecca Boehme - Indelible Illumination - The Evolving Power of Colour in Stained Glass

3:10 – 3:30

AFTERNOON TEA

3:30 – 4:00

Rebecca Cadorin - Coloured Lighting in Collaborative Workspaces - Enhancing Mood, Focus and Wellbeing

4:00 – 4:30

Pia López-Izquierdo and Dolores Terriza - “ET IN ARCADIA EGO”: Designing Healing Environments Through Art

4:30 – 4:55

Questions and discussion

Parallel session

Nick Harkness’ new colour exercises

SUNDAY NOV 2

COLOUR NAMING +

COLOUR IN ART AND ART MATERIALS

9:00 – 9:20

Doors open at 9:00 am

9:20 – 9:30

Speaker Introductions

9:30 – 10:00 on Zoom

Verena M. Schindler - Kawésqar Colour Names and Associations

10:00 – 10:30

Madeleine Snook - Conceptual vs Texture-Dependent Colour Terms in British English, Korean, and Scottish Gaelic

10:30 – 11:00

Diana Young - Colours in Australian Indigenous Contemporary Art

11:00 – 11:10 on Zoom

Verena M. Schindler - Diamant II – A Sculpture by Sanford Wurmfeld

11:10 - 11:30

MORNING TEA

11:30 – 12:00

Michelle Hiscock - Thomas Bardwell and Colour in 18th Century Portrait Painting

12:00 – 12:30

Natalie O'Connor - The Elaboratory of Colour

12:30 – 1:00

Questions and Discussion

1:00 – 2:00

LUNCH

2:00 – 2:30

Vladi Rosolova - Light, Colour, and Colour Constancy in Painted Art

2:30 – 3:00

Tim Miller - Painting and the Sensation of Seeing Colour

3:00 – 3:10

Leone Burridge and David Briggs - Exploring Monocular Rivalry in Painting

3:10 – 3:30

AFTERNOON TEA

3:30 – 4:00

Steven Patterson - Beyond the Palette: Sustainability Challenges and Solutions in Artists’ Materials

4:00 – 4:30 on Zoom

Enikö Majoros - Artistpigments.org - From Database to Multidisciplinary Exploration of Color

4:30 – 4:55

Questions and Discussion

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