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• Colour Matrix Sydney 2025 full online + recording access

  • Start
    31 Oct 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    30 Jun 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  UPDATE: Non-registrant access to the recordings may now be purchased on this page at the previous Concession rate, and will also be included for free with CSA  membership from July 1, 2026.

  Schedule

  Biographies for all speakers can be seen on the links for Friday, Saturday and Sunday registration. Outlines of the individual presentations are being published daily on the CSA social media accounts:
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  https://www.facebook.com/ColourSocietyofAustralia/
  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-colour-society-of-australia/

  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
  	(Friday afternoon events not available online)

  
  

  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 - Exploring Monocular Rivalry and Illusory Colours 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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  All prices include access to all recordings	Non-member full price	CSA member  full price	Non-member concession	CSA Member concession
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