Events Archive
Our programmes follow the academic calendar of September to July:
2025/2026
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Monday 06 October, 2025 | 13.45-17.00 | Colour in the Shadows | Edinburgh, UK | University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Room G32 |
| Wednesday 05 November, 2025 | Early Career Researchers Award Presentations | London, UK | City St George’s University, London | |
| Wednesday 03 December, 2025 | 14.00-17.00 | Digital Colour in Art & Design | London, UK | Room R101, Franklin Building, City St George’s University of London, 124 Goswell Road, EC1V 7DP |
| Wednesday 07 January, 2026 | 10.00-17.30 | Colour Vision Including the 2026 Palmer Lecture from Prof. Anna Franklin |
London, UK | City St George’s, University of London |
| Wednesday 04 February, 2026 | 17.30 | Newton Medal Lecture and Presentation Recipient: Professor Mark D Fairchild |
Online | Zoom |
| Wednesday 04 March, 2026 | 14.00-17.00 | Colour Imaging and Communication | London, UK | Room R101, Franklin Building, City St George’s, University of London, 124 Goswell Road, EC1V 7DY |
| Wednesday 25 March, 2026 | 12.00-17.00 | International Colour Day: Workshop on Philosophy of Colour Sponsored by Colour Group GB and the Scots Philosophical Association |
Glasgow, UK | Clarice Pears Building, Room 102, University of Glasgow (Hybrid) |
| Wednesday 01 April, 2026 | 14.00-17.00 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Curating Colour | Online | Zoom |
| Wednesday 06 May, 2026 | 14.00 | Annual General Meeting (AGM) 65th AGM, with guest speaker Michael R. Pointer |
London, UK | Room C308, City St George’s, University of London (Hybrid, also on Zoom) |
2024/2025
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Wednesday 09 October, 2024 | 14.00 | Early Career Researchers Award Presentations Honouring this year’s WD Wright Post-Graduate Student and Palmer Award recipients |
London, UK | City, University of London |
| Sunday to Wednesday 10-13 November, 2024 | Four days | Colour in Film The Eighth International Conference of Colour in Film: TV, Video and Film |
Bristol, UK | Bristol Former IMAX & Watershed |
| Wednesday 11 December, 2024 | 14.00-17.00 | Colour in Interiors | London, UK | Room ELG04, Drysdale Building, City St George’s, University of London |
| Wednesday 08 January, 2025 | 10.00-17.30 | Colour Vision Including the 2025 Palmer Lecture from Prof. Hannah Smithson |
London, UK | B200, University Building, City St George’s, University of London |
| Friday 21 March, 2025 | 13.00-16.00 | International Colour Day | London, UK | British Museum |
| Wednesday 23 April, 2025 | 17.00 | Turner Medal Lecture and Award Presentation Recipient: Dr Dominique Cardon, “Colours from the past for a greener world” |
London, UK | Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre (C101), Tait Building, City St George’s, University of London |
| Thursday 01 May, 2025 | 14.00 | Annual General Meeting (AGM) 64th AGM & Celebration of the 85th Anniversary of the Colour Group; guest speaker Andrew Hanson |
London, UK | Room C309, City St George’s, University of London (also on Zoom) |
2023/2024
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Monday 02- Tuesday 03 October, 2023 | 2 days | On Colour in Architecture: Designing, Making, Thinking, Teaching | Edinburgh, Scotland | University of Edinburgh |
| Wednesday 08 November 2023 | 14.00 | Colour Group (GB) 2023 Awards Meeting Annual Awards Meeting to honour the 2023 recipients of the WD Wright Post-Graduate Student and Robert WG Hunt Poster Awards. |
London, UK | City, University of London |
| Monday 10 – Wednesday 13 December, 2023 | 3 days | The Seventh International Conference Colour in Film | Vienna, Austria | Metro Kino |
| Wednesday 21 February 2024 | 17:30 | 2023 Newton Medal Award Meeting 2023 Newton Lecture by 2023 Newton Medal Award recipient Professor John L Barbur |
London, UK | City, University of London |
| Thursday 21 March 2024 | 14.30-16.30 | International Colour Day | London, UK | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Wednesday 10 April, 2024 | 14.00 | Colour in Art Seminar at UWE Bristol | Bristol, UK | University of the West of England |
| Wednesday 01 May 2024 | TBA | Annual General Meeting (AGM) | City University, London | London, UK |
2022/2023
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Monday 26 September, 2022 | Sixth International Colour In Film Conference | Bern, Switzerland | Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Berne | |
| Tuesday 22 November 2022 | 19.00 | Colour Radio Open Mic & Listening Event with Safe + Sound | London, UK | The Jago |
| Wednesday 04 January 2023 | 10.00 | January Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture. |
London, UK | City University |
| Wednesday 01 February 2023 | 14.00 | Colour In the Clinic | Online | |
| Tuesday 21 March 2023 | 13.00 | International Colour Day | UWE Bristol | Bristol, England |
| Wednesday 03 May 2023 | 15.30 | Colour Group (GB) Turner Lecture: Barbara Flückiger A presentation on The Material Aesthetics of Len Lye’s Experimental Colour Films. |
City University, London | London, UK |
| Wednesday 03 May 2023 | 14.00 | The 62nd Annual General meeting of the Colour Group (GB) | City University, London | London, UK |
2021/2022
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Monday 11 October 2021 | Student Poster Awards | Online | ||
| Wednesday 3 November 2021 | 14.00 | Colour In Clinic 2021 | Online | |
| Wednesday 01 December 2021 | 14.00 | Student Awards 2021 Presentations by the recipients of the WDW, Palmer Awards and Student Grant Scheme. Poster Awards. |
Online | |
| Wednesday 05 January 2022 | 13.00 | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture. (videos available here) |
Online | |
| Wednesday 02 February 2022 | 14.00 | Newton Medal Lecture 2022 – Anya Hurlbert | Online | |
| Wednesday 02 March 2022 | 14.00 | Extraordinary Ideas on Colour | Online | |
| Monday 21 March 2022 | 14.00 | International Colour Day Conserving Colour in Historic Textiles: problems and solutions A presentation on textile conservation and colour by conservationist Alison Lister. |
Online | |
| Wednesday 04 May 2022 | 14.00 | AGM 2022 & Speaker Dimitris Mylonas | Online & New College of the Humanities | |
| Sunday 31 July 2022 | 10.15 | Colour & AI Symposium and Colour Naming Hackathon | New College of the Humanities |
2020/2021
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Wednesday 04 November 2020 | 14.00 | Colour in the Clinic | Online | |
| Wednesday 11 November 2020 | 16.00 | Colour Perception in Colour Vision Deficiency | Online | |
| Wednesday 02 December 2020 | 14.00 | Student Awards Presentations by the recipients of the WDW, Palmer Awards and Student Grant Scheme. Poster Awards. |
Online | |
| Wednesday 06 January 2021 | 14.00 | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture. |
Online | |
| Wednesday 03 February 2021 | Half-day | Iridescence Day: a multidisciplinary workshop for everybody (videos available here) | Online | |
| Sunday 21 March 2021 | 14.00 hrs | International Colour Day Drama and Light Talk about some of the most extraordinary artists of the 17th century Western Europe from El Greco to Caravaggio and Rembrandt to Rubens with focus on the use of colour and light and their influence on the 20th and 21st centuries’ arts. |
Online | |
| Wednesday 07 April 2021 | 14.00 hrs | Neuroscience, Colour and the Visual Arts: Art and the Illuminant | Online | |
| Wednesday 06 May 2021 | 14.00 hrs | AGM + Valedictory Lecture (Prof. Marina Bloj) | Online | |
| June / July 2021 | Turner Lecture and Presentation of the CG (GB) Turner Medal | TBA |
2019/2020
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Tuesday – Wednesday 05-07 September 2019 | Two days | Gruppo del Colore – XV Colour Conference, Accademia Belle Arti, Macerata Jointly with the CG (GB), Centre Francais de la Couleur, AIDI, Svenskt Färgcentrum, Sociedad Española de Óptica, Groupe Francais de l’imagerie Numerique Couleur |
Macerata, Italy | |
| Wednesday 02 October 2019 | 14.00 hrs | PIGMENT – from the Ground – Up | City University, London | C312, Tait Building |
| Monday – Friday 21-25 October 2019 | All day | Twenty-seventh Color and Imaging Conference (CIC27) The CG(GB) is a cooperating Society for this event |
Paris, France | TBA |
| Wednesday 06 November 2019 | 14.00 hrs | Student Awards Presentations by the recipients of the WDW, Palmer Awards and Student Grant Scheme. Poster Awards. |
City University, London | C307, Tait Building |
| Postponed | 14.00 hrs | Colour in the Clinic | ||
| 08 January 2020 | All Day | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture. |
City University, London | Oliver Thomson Theatre |
| Wednesday 05 February 2020 | 16.00 hrs | Newton Lecture and Presentation of the CG (GB) Newton Medal to Prof Ming Ronnier Luo | 124 Goswell Road, City University, London | R101, Franklin Building |
| Wednesday – Friday 11-13 March 2020 | Three days | Fifth International Conference Colour in Film | BFI, Southbank, London | TBA |
| Saturday 21 March 2020 | All day | International Colour Day Drama and Light – CANCELLED, ticket price has been refunded Talk about some of the most extraordinary artists of the 17th century Western Europe from El Greco to Caravaggio and Rembrandt to Rubens with focus on the use of colour and light and their influence on the 20th and 21st centuries’ arts. |
National Gallery, London | TBA |
| Wednesday April 2020 (date TBA) | 14.00 hrs | Neuroscience, Colour and the Visual Arts CANCELLED due to Covid |
City University, London | TBA |
| Wednesday 06 May 2020 | 14.00 hrs | AGM + Speakers | City University, London | Online |
2018/2019
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Monday to Friday 17-22/06/2018 | Six days | 16th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting The Colour Group is one of the organisations sponsoring the event. Special rates for Colour Group members apply. |
University of Sheffield | TBA |
| Monday to Friday 30/07-03/08/2018 | Four days | International Colour Vision Society Summer School The Colour Group (GB) is one of the sponsors of the event. Two CG (GB) Awards under the new Student Grant Scheme were granted. |
Pembroke College, Oxford | TBA |
| Tuesday/Wednesday 11-12/09/2018 | Two days | Gruppo del Colore – XIV Colour Conference Jointly with the CG (GB), Centre Francais de la Couleur, AIDI, Svenskt Färgcentrum, Sociedad Española de Óptica, Groupe Francais de l’imagerie Numerique Couleur |
Florence, Italy | N/A |
| Wednesday 03/10/2018 | 14.00 hrs | Some Colourful Words Words in colour and poetry inspired by colour |
City University | TBA |
| Wednesday 07/11/2018 | 14.00 hrs | Student Awards Presentations by the recipients of the WDW, Palmer Awards and Student Grant Scheme. Poster Awards. |
City University | TBA |
| Monday to Friday 12-16/11/2018 | Five days | Twenty-sixth Color and Imaging Conference The Colour Group is one of the cooperating societies of this event. |
Vancouver, BC, Canada | TBA |
| Wednesday 05/12/2018 | 14.00 hrs | Colour in the Clinic | City University | TBA |
| Wednesday 09/01/2019 | All day | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture and CRS Sponsored Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture and the CRS Sponsored Lecture. |
City University | TBA |
| Wednesday 06/02/2019 | Afternoon/Evening | Turner Lecture and Presentation of the CG (GB) Turner Medal | City University | TBA |
| Monday – Wednesday 25-27/02/18 | Two days | Fourth International Conference Colour in Film | London, Southbank | NFT2, British Film Institute |
| Thursday 21/03/2019 | All day | International Colour Day Joint events with SDC and other interested organisations in London and elsewhere |
TBA | TBA |
| April 2019 (date TBA) | All day | Neuroscience of Colour in Art | TBA | TBA |
| Wednesday 01/05/2019 | 14.00 hrs | AGM | City University | TBA |
2017/2018
| Day | Time | Topic | Place | Venue |
| Wednesday 19 July 2017 | 14.00 hrs | Tour of Unison Pastels Factory Summer visit which includes a talk, tour and tea |
Thorneyburn, Hexham, NE48 1NA MEMBERS ONLY |
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| Friday to Tuesday 18-22 August 2017 | Five days | 24th Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS) The Colour Group (GB) is one of the sponsors of the event. Two CG (GB) Student Poster Awards will be made available | Erlangen, Germany | University Eye Hospital |
| Thursday & Friday 04 – 05 September 2017 | All Day | Gruppo del Colore – XIII Colour Conference Jointly with the CG (GB), Centre Francais de la Couleur, AIDI, Svenskt Färgcentrum, Sociedad Española de Óptica, Groupe Francais de l’imagerie Numerique Couleur | Naples, Italy | N/A |
| Monday – Tuesday 11-12 September 2017 | All DAY | 1st International Museum Lighting Conference Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, and Applications |
University College, London | TBA |
| Monday – Friday 11-15 September 2017 | All DAY | Twenty-fifth Color and Imaging Conference The Colour Group (GB) is one of the sponsors of the event. The speaker of the keynote on Thursday 14th September: Twenty-five Years of Colour Constancy will be sponsored. |
Lillehammer, Norway | TBA |
| Wednesday to Saturday 27-30 September 2017 | Four days | EVER Congress 2017 The Colour Group (GB) is one of the sponsors of the event. A speaker at the Special Interest Symposium on 27th September: The role of pre-receptoral filters of short wavelength light in the eye with emphasis on macular pigment will be sponsored. | Nice, France | N/A |
| Wednesday 27 September 2017 | TBA | The Colour Green | Newcastle University | Institute of Neuroscience |
| Wednesday 11 October 2017 | 14.00 hrs | Colour Vision Assessment and the Use of Colour in Clinical Practice | City University, Room ELG01, Drysdale Building | |
| Wednesday 18 October 2017 | 14.00 hrs | A Colour Tour of the BALTIC Library | Newcastle upon Tyne | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art |
| Wednesday 01 November 2017 | 14.00 hrs | Student Awards Awardees of the WDW and Palmer Awards. Poster Awards |
City University, Room R101, Franklin Building, 124 Goswell Road | |
| Wednesday 15 November 2017 | 14.00 hrs | Colour and Beauty | Northumbria University, School of Design | Newcastle |
| Monday 04 December 2017 | From 13.00 hrs | Lunch, Tour and Inspection at the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford | The Grove Restaurant, Bradford College & National Science and Media Museum | Bradford BD1 1NQ |
| Wednesday 10 January 2018 | All day | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture and CRS Sponsored Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture and the CRS Sponsored Lecture. | City University | TBA |
| Wednesday 07 February 2018 | 17.00 hrs | Newton Lecture and Presentation of the CG (GB) Newton Medal | City University | Room BLG07, University Building |
| Thursday 22 February 2018 | 17.30 hrs | UCL W S Stiles Memorial Lecture 2018 Adaptive Optics Based Assessment of Visual Function at the Scale of Individual Cones David H Barnard, University of Pennsylvania |
Harrie Massey Theatre, UCL, 25 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AY | |
| Monday – Wednesday 19 – 21 March 2018 | Three days | Third International Conference Colour in Film | NFT3 & Blue Room, Southbank: Clore Centre, Birkbeck, University of London | |
| Wednesday 04 April 2018 | 14.00 hrs | Colour in Art | City University | Room ELG02 |
| Monday 23 & 24 April 2018 | 09.00 hrs | Colour in Employment | City University | Room B200, University Building |
| Wednesday 02 May 2018 | 14.00 hrs | AGM and Andrew Hanson on COLOUR IN ITS PLACE | City University | TBA |
2016/17
| Day | Date | Time (hr) | Topic | Place and venue |
| Wednesday | 07 September 2016 | 1430 hrs | Tour of the Stencil Library, Stocksfield Hall, Northumberland and demonstration by Helen Morris | Stocksfield Hall, Northumberland |
| Thursday & Friday | 09 September 2016 | Two day meeting | Gruppo del Colore – XII Colour Conference Jointly with the CG (GB), Centre Francais de la Couleur, AIDI, Svenskt Färgcentrum, Sociedad Española de Óptica, Groupe Francais de l’imagerie Numerique Couleur |
Turin, Italy |
| Wednesday to Friday | 14-16 September 2016 | Three day meeting | Progress in Colour Studies 2016 (PICS 2016) CG(GB) is a sponsor of this event |
University College London |
| Wednesday to Friday | 21-23 September 2016 | Three day meeting | Colour in Mind – From Perception to Art Research Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen CG(GB) is a sponsor of this event |
Tübingen, Germany |
| Wednesday | 26 October 2016 | 14.00 – 17.00 hrs | CAROTENOIDS AND COLOUR VISION: Protective function and effects on visual performance Admission is free but tickets required – see details on meeting page |
ELG01, City University, London |
| Wednesday | 02 November 2016 | 14.00 – 17.00 hrs | Awards Meeting Awardees of the WDW, Palmer and CRS awards. |
City University, London |
| Wednesday | 09 November 2016 | 18.00 – 20.00 hrs | Colour Matters – art show and talks at Newbridge Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Newcastle |
| Wednesday | 07 December 2016 | 14.00 – 17.00 hrs | Visit and talks at Colour Experience (SDC) in Bradford plus Christmas Lunch | SDC, Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| Wednesday | 07 December 2016 | 16.45 – 19.00 hrs | The Colour Red – Medical School, Newcastle University | Newcastle University |
| Wednesday | 11 January 2017 | All day | Colour Vision Meeting & Palmer Lecture and CRS Sponsored Lecture The annual meeting on colour vision plus the Palmer Lecture and the CRS Sponsored Lecture |
B200, City University, London |
| Wednesday | 01 February 2017 | 17.15 hrs | Turner Lecture and Presentation of the CG (GB) Turner Medal to Michael Craig-Martin RA | City, University of London |
| Wednesday | 22 February 2017 | All day | Optical Biomimetics CG(GB) sponsors student prizes at this Institute of Physics meeting |
Imperial College London |
| Wednesday | 01 March 2017 | 13.30 – 16.00 hrs | Colour meets Trend School of Design, Northumbria University |
Newcastle |
| Tuesday | 21 March 2017 | 17.00 – 19.30 hrs approx | International Colour Day A celebration of this important day |
City University, London |
| Monday to Wednesday | 27 – 29 March 2017 | Three day event | Second International Conference Colour in Film | BFI and Friends House, London |
| Wednesday | 29 March 2017 | 15:00 – 17.00 hrs | Virginia Bodman Private viewing and talk by the artist – CG(GB) members only |
Customs House Gallery, South Shields |
| Wednesday | 05 April 2017 | 14:00 – 17.00 hrs | The Colour Canon – Inspiring Books on Colour Displays and speakers on heritage books on colour |
Royal College of Art, TBC |
| Wednesday | 26 April 2017 | 14.00 hrs | Colour Studio Artists’ talks and studio tour – CG(GB) Members only. A ticket (free) is necessary for entry, apply |
Cobalt Studios, Newcastle |
| Wednesday | 03 May 2017 | 14.00 – 17.00 hrs | AGM + Gordon Plant, Consultant Neurologist, Moorfields Hospital | City, University |