Colour Research Society of Canada

Colour Research Society of Canada We are a community of interpreters, knowledge seekers and experts, and colour is our common focus.

THIS FRIDAY!! ♻️ FASHION UPCYCLING: A Benchmark for the Future What happens when sustainability meets creativity—and ref...
02/17/2026

THIS FRIDAY!! ♻️ FASHION UPCYCLING: A Benchmark for the Future

What happens when sustainability meets creativity—and refuses to compromise on beauty?

Join us for the next Kaleidoscope Lecture Series with Doty Horn, an international leader in fashion upcycling, as she explores how reclaimed materials are reshaping the future of fashion, design, and visual culture.

From runway to research, this conversation looks at upcycling not as a trend, but as a benchmark—one that challenges waste, celebrates innovation, and reframes how we assign value to materials, colour, and craft.

🗓 February 20, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:00 PM EST
💻 Zoom | Virtual Presentation

✨ Open to designers, artists, colour professionals, educators, and anyone curious about the future of sustainable design.

🔗 Register via colourresearch.org


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The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on contemporary global tensions through the lens of visual storytelling. By st...
02/17/2026

The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on contemporary global tensions through the lens of visual storytelling. By staging political rivalry as a shared meal, Hartland-Rowe underscores the theatricality of power and the uneasy negotiations shaping our world.

Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, noon–6:00 pm. An Artist’s Talk will take place on Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 pm, offering visitors an opportunity to engage directly with the artist about her conceptual approach and process.

CRSC supports artists and researchers who examine colour as a powerful communicative and cultural force. The Feast exemplifies how colour, composition, and narrative converge to create critical dialogue within contemporary art practice.

Exhibition Details:
The Feast
Hermes Gallery, Halifax
February 7 – March 8, 2026
Gallery Hours: Friday–Sunday, Noon–6 pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, March 7, 2 pm
Image: Feast 2, 2025. Photo credit: Keely Hopkins.

EVENT ALERT! Fashion Upcycling: A Benchmark for the FutureABSTRACT:Over the last 5 years, the Covid pandemic reset the ...
02/10/2026

EVENT ALERT!

Fashion Upcycling: A Benchmark for the Future

ABSTRACT:

Over the last 5 years, the Covid pandemic reset the world, and the Sustainability movement exposed the Fashion industry’s 20% contribution to global landfills. Learn how the Fashion weathered the storm and reinvented themselves, beginning with the textile industry and for the role that Color development plays for the Upcycling effort. Innovative minds, processes, and markets are cropping up all over the world and key drivers will be implemented, with a nod to renewed international perspectives of Fashion growth, as a benchmark for the future.

♻️ FASHION UPCYCLING: A Benchmark for the Future What happens when sustainability meets creativity—and refuses to compro...
01/29/2026

♻️ FASHION UPCYCLING: A Benchmark for the Future

What happens when sustainability meets creativity—and refuses to compromise on beauty?

Join us for the next Kaleidoscope Lecture Series with Doty Horn, an international leader in fashion upcycling, as she explores how reclaimed materials are reshaping the future of fashion, design, and visual culture.

From runway to research, this conversation looks at upcycling not as a trend, but as a benchmark—one that challenges waste, celebrates innovation, and reframes how we assign value to materials, colour, and craft.

🗓 February 20, 2025
🕛 12:00–1:00 PM EST
💻 Zoom | Virtual Presentation

✨ Open to designers, artists, colour professionals, educators, and anyone curious about the future of sustainable design.

🔗 Register via colourresearch.org


ColourAndCulture DesignFutures

‘Books on Colour 1495-2025’ offers a quick and easy A-Z reference to 3,165 authors and editors and 3,525 titles publishe...
01/07/2026

‘Books on Colour 1495-2025’ offers a quick and easy A-Z reference to 3,165 authors and editors and 3,525 titles published by them. Prefaced by a concise history of 5 centuries of colour literature. ISBN 978-1-4461-6270-5. Paperback 308 pages. Compiled and edited by Roy Osborne.

Colour of the Holidays: GoldGold is not about excess, it’s about light.During the darkest days of the year, gold appears...
12/19/2025

Colour of the Holidays: Gold

Gold is not about excess, it’s about light.

During the darkest days of the year, gold appears wherever warmth is needed: candle flames, brushed metals, aged frames, winter sunlight cutting across a room. It reflects rather than overwhelms.

From a perception standpoint, gold sits at the intersection of warmth, value, and memory. It activates feelings of comfort and optimism while grounding spaces in familiarity and ritual. Unlike high-chroma yellow, gold is softened by depth and patina, allowing it to feel timeless rather than seasonal.

In interiors and visual culture, gold functions as a connector. Pairing effortlessly with deep greens, inky blues, stone neutrals, and natural woods. It doesn’t compete; it elevates.

This is the quiet luxury of the holidays:
Warmth without noise.
Glow without glare.

Colours of Hanukkah 🤍💙Hanukkah is often expressed through a restrained, luminous palette of blues and whites, colours ro...
12/14/2025

Colours of Hanukkah 🤍💙

Hanukkah is often expressed through a restrained, luminous palette of blues and whites, colours rooted in ritual, resilience, and light.

• Blue speaks to spirituality, wisdom, and continuity
• White reflects clarity, purity, and illumination

Together, they create a visual language that feels calm yet powerful, symbolic rather than decorative. In colour psychology, this pairing reinforces reflection, steadiness, and hope, echoing the deeper meaning of the Festival of Lights.

Chag Hanukkah Sameach!

In winter interiors, deep red does something subtle but powerful:it visually warms space, slows perception, and encourag...
12/13/2025

In winter interiors, deep red does something subtle but powerful:
it visually warms space, slows perception, and encourages longer moments of pause and connection. It’s not festive because it’s loud, it’s festive because it’s anchoring.

Think cranberry, oxblood, garnet, and wine tones layered with matte finishes, textured textiles, and soft lighting. Less sparkle. More depth.

Honestly, nature just pulled off the biggest trend activation of the year for Pantone’s Colour of the year, Cloud Dancer...
12/10/2025

Honestly, nature just pulled off the biggest trend activation of the year for Pantone’s Colour of the year, Cloud Dancer. ✨Minimalist. Crisp. Quiet luxury.✨

Now we’re all knee-deep in a real-life immersive installation called, White: The Experience
Snowbanks = monochrome colour blocking.
Sidewalk salt = purposeful texture.
Cloud-grey skies = tone-on-tone layering.

Stay safe on the roads out there today!

Everyone’s buzzing about Pantone’s Colour of the Year… and yes, it’s white. Bold choice to celebrate the colour Canadian...
12/09/2025

Everyone’s buzzing about Pantone’s Colour of the Year… and yes, it’s white. Bold choice to celebrate the colour Canadians shovel for six months.

Official name: Cloud Dancer

Artists call it a blank canvas.
Designers call it clean and quiet.
We call it December. ❄️

CRSC member Doreen Balabanoff organized an international conference, supported by SSHRC Partnership and Connections Gran...
12/07/2025

CRSC member Doreen Balabanoff organized an international conference, supported by SSHRC Partnership and Connections Grants, focused on architecture and design for birth spaces. Held in Toronto October 24–28, it marked five years of global research and case study gathering, and featured an exhibition at OCADU’s Open Space Gallery. The event launched a new design resource for architects and designers: www.transformingbirthplaces.com, showcasing imagery and interviews from case studies around the world.

The open-source colloquium presentations are available at https://www.youtube.com/, offering expert insight into more humanistic, salutogenic birth environments. Themes included colour, light, materiality, and how spatial design influences neurohormonal responses and birth experiences. The project underscores the global importance of designing birth spaces that support agency, dignity, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for mothers, infants, caregivers, and families.

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