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Canada’s only colour focused, not-for-profit organization

The Colour Research Society of Canada

Société Canadienne de Recherche sur la Couleur 

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

Colour and light are inseparable elements of our world, and hold great significance for life on this planet, and for human perception, cognition, and experience. Colour is a key aspect of expression and information – a structuring principle in nature as in human culture, and is thus a key subject of study for a dizzying array of fields, making a colour research network a compelling idea.
 

As colour knowledge grows across many disciplines, the sharing of knowledge, discovery, capacities and applications gains more and more importance. How might we communicate and foster new insight across the divides of our disciplines?

What's New

We are shifting to a NEW CRSC Youtube channel, for our talk recordings. Please subscribe to our new channel!

Check out our playlists:

Congratulations to our 2024 Student Award winner: Trevor Canham (York University), for his project on Noise Prism: A Novel Multispectral Visualization Technique. Thanks to Sherwin Williams for their generous sponsorship. Trevor will give a talk on his work on September 18, 2024.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: The ISCC has a new Student Support Grant (open to all students - US and International). Deadlines are May 15 and Oct 15.

Does Brown exist? Stephen Westland debunks common colour misconceptions in this interview on Does brown exist?  by Times Radio host Alexis Conran.

What does ChatGPT know about science? Eric Kirchner asks ChatGPT 8 simple questions about color science. The video shows the answers are very wrong.

Upcoming Events

  • Colour Vision Deficiencies in Hypoxic Environments
    Colour Vision Deficiencies in Hypoxic Environments
    Thu, Oct 24
    Virtual Event
    Oct 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Oct 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT
    Virtual Event
    Colour perception is affected in low-oxygen (hypoxic) environments, like at high altitudes. This presentation looks at how these environments affect colour perception in those with and without colour vision deficiencies.

Become a Member

Membership Benefits

Turquoise

(1 Year)

$15

Every year

12-Month Student /

Young Professional Membership

Malachite

(1 Year)

$35

Every year

12-Month
Individual Membership

Ultraviolet

$325

One-time payment

Lifetime
Membership

Connections & Collaborations

  • Access to interdisciplinary colour research & professional development opportunities.

  • Networking with a worldwide community of colour researchers, practitioners & enthusiasts.

  • Listing on the CRSC Membership Directory & password-protected access to online Membership Area.

  • Access to Study Groups provided by the AIC (International Colour Association).

Engagement & Activities

  • Budget-friendly, Individual, Student & Young Professional, and Lifetime membership plans.

  • Complimentary, monthly online Kaleidoscope lectures & recordings focusing on colour and research.

  • Member-only online/in-person events.

  • Complimentary access to the CSA (Colour Society of Australia) lecture recordings through CRSC site.

Recognition & Exposure

  • Encouragement & recognition of students’ research on colour through Annual Student Awards competition for Canadian Colour Research.

  • Member Hi-Light on social media channels and CRSC Website.

  • Member events and activities sharing through CRSC Newsletter.

View Our Public Videos

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Member Hi-Light 

Thank you to our supporters

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