Robin Kingsburgh is a trained astronomer (Ph.D. in Astronomy, 1992, University College London), and a trained painter. Her artistic education comes from studies at the University of Toronto, as well as in the U.K. and France, and has paralleled her scientific development. She has longstanding interests in the intersections of art, science and education. She currently teaches various Natural Science courses at York University, Toronto, including Understanding Colour, a course on the science of colour, as well as The History of Astronomy and The Nature of Time. She has curated numerous shows and events in the Toronto area, featuring artwork inspired by the ideas and methodologies of science. She is President of the Colour Research Society of Canada, a Board member of the Inter Society Colour Council, a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, and a Section editor for Color, Culture and Science Journal.

Maggie Maggio retired from architecture in 2015 and now spends her time advocating for the integration of art and science in color education programs world-wide.

After graduating with a BS in Interior Design from Drexel University and a Masters in Architecture from Syracuse University, Maggie spent thirty years working with and teaching color to artists and designers.

She is the co-chair of the International Colour Association (AIC) Study Group on Color Education and is currently chairing the Colour Literacy Project, an educational initiative of the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) and the AIC to develop state-of-the-art resources for teaching 21st century color.

Luanne Stovall is an artist and color theorist with an MFA in painting from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She attended the New York Studio School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. Luanne is a member of the Colour Literacy Project (CLP) Core Team and a Lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas in Austin. She has designed and taught color courses and workshops in many locations including UT Austin, The Contemporary Austin, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Wellesley College, and MIT Sloan School of Business. She is the Host of the Colour Literacy Forums, Coordinator of the CLP Post-Secondary Partners Network, and team lead for the Inter-Society Color Council’s Fluorescent Friday series. Luanne’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited widely, and are in private and public collections, including the Art Museum of South Texas; El Paso Museum of Art; Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; Moakley Cancer Care Center, Boston; and the Estee Lauder Collection.

Colour Designer, Researcher & Consultant. PhD in Design Research, Politecnico di Milano. MA in Visual Studies. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Colour Association (AIC).

Member of the Editorial Board of the Wiley Color Research & Application Journal. Member of the Study Group on Colour Education (SGCE) and the Study Group on Environmental Colour Design (ECD) of AIC. Member of the Design Committee of the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), Chile. Assistant Professor of the Design Department of Universidad de Chile, and Invited Lecturer at Politecnico di Milano.

For more than 15 years, Ingrid has been a full-time colour researcher and epistemologist, developing methodologies for its study, teaching, and application in design, architecture, art, and curatorial studies. Ingrid has presented specialized conferences and workshops in different countries in America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

After 32 years as a research color scientist at Eastman Kodak Company, Paula Alessi retired in January, 2012. She received a M.S degree in color science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute after studying with Dr. Fred W. Billmeyer, Jr. She has been a member of ISCC since 1977. Her career at Kodak featured work on optimizing color reproduction of Kodak film/paper systems and motion picture film systems. She gave color reproduction tutorials to chemists and film-builders to help them do a better job of building their chemicals based on desirable spectral properties and building their films based on producing colors that would beat the competition, especially for color gamut. She did both national and international color standards work mostly in the area of color management systems for Kodak. Her work also featured hardcopy/softcopy color appearance matching studies and prototypes for CRT to print and backlit film comparisons under a variety of viewing conditions. Paula also worked on optimizing the color characteristics of Kodak’s patented Organic Light-Emitting Diode displays. Finally, Paula ended her Kodak career working on maximizing the color gamut of CMYK high speed drop on demand commercial inkjet printers while minimizing physical defects on the paper. She is the author or co-author of 14 patents on behalf of Kodak.

Harald Arnkil (b. 1954) is a Finnish artist, colour researcher and educator. After studying art and interior design in the UK, he graduated with a Master’s degree in painting from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1979.

Harald has participated in numerous art exhibitions in Finland and abroad and his works are included in several public and private collections in Finland, Sweden and the United States.

Arnkil taught colour for over 30 years at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, until his retirement from the position of Senior University Lecturer in September 2019. Since 1973, Harald has participated in conferences, workshops and research projects and has published numerous articles and conference papers dealing with colour perception and colours’ role in art, design and architecture. He has written Colours in the Visual World (2013), a textbook on colour for artists, designers and architects.

Harald is currently working on a doctoral thesis on the subject of Colour in the Artistic Process of Contemporary Artists. His other research interests include the relationship of colour, light and space and the relationship between color and music. He continues to give talks from time to time on subjects of his research interests.

Arnkil is a founder and former president of the Finnish Colour Association, currently serving as its vice-president. He is also a member of the Finnish Painters’ Union, the Helsinki Artists’ Association and a founding member of FLASH, the Finnish Light Art Society Helsinki.

www.arnkil.net

Camila Assis is a Brazilian designer, color researcher, and educator. She earned her Design degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, (2005) and, after a decade in the industry, pursued an academic career. She obtained a Master’s from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2012) and later, a Doctoral degree at the University of São Paulo, (2017). Camila is a professor at UFRJ and collaborates with the master's program at UFCG. She coordinates the research group Visual Literacy for Social Inclusion and actively contributes to international conferences and scientific committees. She is a member of ProCor Brazil.

Berit Bergström is an expert and educator on colour theory and the colouring design process and is active in her own company, Berit ColourTalks, since 2016. She has previously worked for NCS Colour AB from 1990 to 2016 and was the CEO of NCS Colour Academy. She has extensive experience of delivering courses and presentations in colour design for both professionals and university teachers and students in colour at several institutions around the world. She was the executive secretary of the Colour Science Foundation (1991-1997) and has been the secretary of the Swedish Colour Centre Foundation (1991-2023). She has been active in AIC with various assignments (1998-2021) and was the President of AIC 2010 to 2013. Knowledge and experience from colour teaching for more than 30 years has resulted in her book “Colour Choices. A practitioner’s guide to designing colour schemes”

Cristi retired from education in 2020 after a fulfilling career that included 17 years in the classroom and 13 years on the school board. Seeking a fun, part-time job in retirement, she unexpectedly discovered her true passion – color. As a Master Color Specialist, Cristi has been extensively trained by industry leaders such as Pantone, Munsell, X-Rite, Sherwin Willams, Benjamin Moore and PPG. She also holds a certification in Color Management and is dedicated to advancing color education and awareness.

Cristi is a self proclaimed “hunter/gatherer” with a passion for collecting unique treasures. From Fiesta dishes and vintage clothing to color fan decks and lapel pins, she has an eye for the eclectic and nostalgic with a deep appreciation for Gen X culture.

Dr David Briggs is a classically-trained painter, art educator and researcher who has created online resources on colour since the launch of his website “The Dimensions of Colour” in 2007. His publications and presentations include a chapter in “The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour” (2020). David is Vice President of the Colour Society of Australia, Co-Chair of the AIC Study Group on Arts and Design and a committee member of CIE Technical Committee 1-99 as well as being a founding member of the CLP. David teaches classes including an online course on colour through the National Art School, Sydney.

Ed Charbonneau is an adjunct faculty member of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). He holds an MFA degree in Visual Studies from MCAD (2006) and BFA degree in painting from the College of Visual Arts (1999). His teaching methodologies are informed by his color theory research. He independently writes, voices, and produces the podcast, Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast, which is currently in its fourth season with a global audience. For the past 37 years, he has created murals and large-scale installations for businesses and private collectors. He lives in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.

Mark D. Fairchild is a Distinguished Professor in the Program of Color Science and Munsell Color Science Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Imaging Science from R.I.T. and Ph.D. in Vision Science (Brain & Cognitive Science) from the University of Rochester. He is author of over 400 technical publications and books including Color Appearance Models, 3rd Ed. and Munsell Trees: A Season of Leaves and Colors. Mark has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research and educational work. His most cited research is in the areas of color appearance models, image appearance models, high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging, human color vision, and color reproduction.

Paul Green-Armytage was born and educated in England, graduating as an architect in 1964. After ten years’ experience working as an architect, exhibition designer and set designer for television in England, Canada and Australia, he took up a position, in 1976, as senior lecturer in charge of the first year program in design at what is now Curtin University, in Perth Australia. His interest in color research led to a PhD in 2005; the title of his thesis was “Colour, Language and Design”.

Over the years, Paul has contributed papers at many national and international conferences, served as a member of the executive committee of the International Colour Association and as president of the Colour Society of Australia. He retired from teaching in 2006 but remains active as a researcher and writer.

Nick has forty years’ experience in technical sales and support for instrumental appearance and colour measurement, working with BYK Gardner, CyberChrome, Konica Minolta, NCS AB and VeriVide. He also has extensive experience in production and laboratory equipment for inks, paints and pigment dispersions.

Nick commenced his colour training activities in 1999 as he saw a need in industry for a greater understanding of instrumental colour measurement and its application for quality control. His one-day colour course is highly regarded with a total in excess of 1000 attendees. The attendee list covers many of Australia’s leading manufacturing and research organisations.

Nick’s training activities are also international i.e. England, Germany, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia and Thailand. Nick in cooperation with the School of Design at the University of Leeds launched the colour course in an online format ‘Colour Made Simple” in January 2019 A member of the AIC Executive Committee from 2005 to 2019 as an Ordinary Member (Chair of AIC Congress 2009), Secretary Treasurer 2010 – 2013, Vice-President 2014 - 2015, President 2016 – 2017 and Past-President 2018 – 2019. Whilst President, he established the new Student Paper Awards. He is an Editorial panel member for the Journal of the AIC and Color Research and Application. Nick has been a Guest Editor for Optics and Laser Technology and taught the Measurement of Light and Colour at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales 2000 – 2006.

Robert Hirschler has been actively involved in all aspects of color theory, color science and color technology since 1966.

Robert graduated at the Technical University of Budapest in chemical engineering/textile chemistry. In 1967 he presented his first paper on computerized color matching and has been involved in colorimetry and color science ever since.

He has been involved in AIC activities for over 40 years. He is an active member of both ProCor (Brazil) and the Hungarian National Color Committee and a member of the AIC Executive Committee. Since 2010 he has been the Chair of the Study Group on Color Education.

His current research interest is the teaching of the basics of color science to architects, artists and designers as explained in his recent article “How much color science is not too much” published in the journal Color Research and Application.

Roy Osborne was born in England in 1948. He became interested in color as a student of art and design, and further investigation of the subject became a central feature of his career as an artist. Initially a printmaker, he began lecturing on the theory and practice of color after publication of his ‘Lights and Pigments: Colour Principles for Artists’ in 1980, one of the first books to link traditional with new art media. He has since exhibited extensively as a painter and has taught and lectured at some 200 institutions worldwide. He has edited texts by other writers and is also author of ‘Color Influencing Form: A Color Coursebook’ (2004). He has more recently published a definitive color bibliography, ‘Books on Colour 1495-2015’ which includes a concise history and over 3,000 titles, plus three books on Renaissance color symbolism, which include original translations: ‘Sicily Herald and the Blazon of Colours’, ‘Telesio and Morato on the Meaning of Colours’, and ‘Leigh and Lomazzo on the Virtue of Colours’.

Dr. Osvaldo da Pos is Senior Scholar at the University of Padua, Italy. Graduated in Biology 1971, obtained one year scholarship at the University of Berkeley. Was Lecturer of Research Methods in Behavioural Sciences in Verona (1975-76), and later lecturer of Psychophysiology 1 in Padua (1977-1982).

In 1983 became 2nd level Professor of Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Mental Activity, and in 1987 moved to Psychology of Perception, always at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Padua. He was also in charge of the courses of Perception , General Psychology , and Ethics in Psychological Research at the Department of General Psychology, Universiyty of Padua. He retired from teaching in 2013. Cofounder of the Inter-departmental Study Centre for Colour and Art of the University of Padua in 1989, and its Director for many terms.

Co-founder of the Doctorate course in Perception and Psychophysics of the University of Padua (1986) was member of its teaching staff until 2015. Enrolled in 1990 in the State Corporation of Professional Psychologists. Past Italian representative at the CIE Div.1, chairman of the AIC Study Group on "Visual Illusions and Effects", member of the AIC Executive Committee, member of many CIE Div.1 TCs. Presently is member of the InterSocietyColorCouncil (ISCC, USA), life member of the BritishColour Group (CG, GB), honorary member of the Gruppo del Colore_Associazione Italiana Colore (GdC_AIC, I) and of its administration board, member of the SIE (Società Italiana Etologia, I), Associazione Italiana Di Illuminazione (AIDI, I).

His main research, inspired by the phenomenological theory of Gestalt, involves the perception of colour in its various aspects, contrast, assimilation, constancy, transparency, colour and illumination, colour and emotion, colour harmony, colour names. Since many years he is working with visual illusions, in which field he made several experimental and theoretical works.

Lina Schmidt is a colour designer and expert in colour training and design at RAL Colours. She is the co-founder of the colour design studio Farbkultur.design, which explores interdisciplinary approaches to colour in interior, product, and graphic design. She studied Colour and Interior Design at HAWK in Hildesheim and earned a master’s degree in art and Cultural Studies from Radboud University in the Netherlands. A semester abroad in Peru deepened her understanding of cultural colour preferences. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary design processes and colour research. Additionally, she serves as a board member of the German Colour Association (Deutsches Farbzentrums).

Andreas Schwarz teaches Art and English at Staedtisches Maedchengymnasium in Essen Germany and is lecturer of Art education at University Duisburg-Essen. He is member of the German Association for Art Education BDK e.V., and was curator for color didactics of the German Color Center (DFZ).

His interest in color was awakened by the numerous historical and current color diagrams and color sample collections, which he scientifically processed. This initially resulted in his PhD thesis Die Lehren von der Farbenharmonie (The Doctrines of Color Harmony) in 1999. His thesis was later followed by the publication of Color Ordered: A Survey of Color Systems from Antiquity to the Present in 2008 co-authored with Rolf G Kuehni.

Since then, his scientific focus has shifted to the use of color in art teaching, which culminated in a government-sponsored five-year research project.

The results of his research, which for the first time shows the effects of imparting an outdated color theory on the behavior of students and teachers, was published in 2018 under the title Farbtheorie im Kunstunterricht - Eine qualitativ empirische Wirkungsforschung zum Umgang mit Farb; (Color Theory in Art Classes - A qualitative empirical research into the use of color). He is still involved in this area and creates didactic materials for dealing with color for art teachers.

Andreas Schwarz’s historical interest in color has also led to an extensive color library with over 2000 titles, some of which are still unknown in today’s color literature. A new focus of non-book materials on color in art classes has added hundreds of paintboxes, oil pastels, colored pencils and crayons, coloring books, etc. to the collection, dating from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.

www.dr-andreas-schwarz.de

Kory Stamper is a lexicographer who has been writing dictionaries for over two decades. She was an associate editor at Merriam-Webster for 20 years, where she both defined and edited general vocabulary (including color names) for English speakers and learners of all levels. Her award-winning debut book about the joys and difficulties of writing dictionaries, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, was released in 2017. She has been researching the history of color names, the defining of color terms, and color standards for over a decade, and her book on the history of color defining will be published by Pantheon.

Stephen Westland is Chair in Colour Science and Technology in the School of Design at the University of Leeds (UK). He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, books and book chapters on various aspects of colour, colour vision, colour imaging, colour design and colour physics. He received the Davies Medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 2008 for his research on digital colour imaging. In 2018/19 he was President of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. He is also Director of Colour Intelligence Lt