Organized by: Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana Colore (www.gruppodelcolore.org), in collaboration with the Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara” of the National Research Council IFAC-CNR (www.ifac.cnr.it).
Since its establishment in 2004, the Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana Colore, has aimed to promote multi- and interdisciplinary aggregation of all those entities and individuals involved in color and light from a scientific, educational, and professional perspective.
The Call for Papers is open, and the topics of interest for the XVII edition are as follows:
1. Color and measurement/instrumentation. Colorimetry, photometry, and color atlas: method, theory, and instrumentation; quality control and food colorants, dyes, biological and sustainable color.
2. Color and digital. Reproduction, management, digital color correction, image processing, graphics, photography, film and video production, printing and 3D printing, computer vision, virtual reality, multispectral imaging, data visualization. Light field imaging. Multi-sensor fusion. Color localization, recognition, HDR imaging, ADAS systems.
3. Color and lighting. Metamerism, color rendering, adaptation, color constancy, appearance, illusions, memory and color perception, color in extra-atmospheric environments, lighting design, lighting technology, visual comfort.
4. Color and physiology. Vision mechanisms in their experimental and theoretical aspects, color vision and appearance, deficits, anomalies, clinical and biological aspects, synesthesia, health, well-being.
5. Color and psychology. Phenomenology of colors, color harmonies, color and form, perceptual, emotional, aesthetic, and diagnostic aspects.
6. Color and production. Food and beverages, agriculture, textiles, plastics, ceramics, paints, gemology, color in the food industry.
7. Color and restoration. Archaeometry, painting materials, diagnostics and conservation techniques, restoration and enhancement of cultural heritage.
8. Color and environment. Representation and design, urban planning, color project, architecture, interior design, landscapes and horticulture, color and architectural syntax, territorial identities, biodiversity.
9. Color and design. Furniture, CMF design, fashion, textiles, textures, cosmetics, food design, museography.
10. Color and culture. Arts and Crafts, history, philosophy, aesthetics, ethnoanthropology, graffiti, geology, sociology, lexicology, semantics, anthropology of vision, food heritage and culture, color naming.
11. Color and education. Pedagogy, color education, aesthetic education, art education.
12. Color and Communication/Marketing. Graphics, communication, packaging, lettering, visibility, advertising.
13. SPECIAL SESSION: Color for beauty, cosmetics, and hairstyling. Beauty is a broad topic studied within aesthetics, culture, social psychology, and sociology. Cosmetic science and technology aim at beauty and are a fundamental part of our society.
14. SPECIAL SESSION: Light and lighting beyond colors. Lighting is closely connected to colors due to the development of new light sources and control systems and the growing importance of the spectral characteristics of light in most applications.
All papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The best contributions will be selected for a special issue in the Color Culture & Science Journal (CCSJ) and the Journal of the International Colour Association (JAIC). Contributions may be in Italian or English.
Due to the uncertainty regarding the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been decided to hold the conference in a hybrid mode.
It will therefore be possible to participate in person (unless there are lockdowns) or online, with modalities to be announced as soon as possible on the Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana Colore website.