"Gruppo del Colore - Associazione Italiana Colore" announces the 19th edition of the Colour Conference, which will take place online Thursday 28 and Friday 29 November 2024.

The conference aims to promote the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary aggregation of all the realities that deal with colour and light from a scientific, didactic and professional point of view.

Contributions can be sent in Italian or English. The final deadline for sending abstracts (3000 characters including spaces) has been extended to 15 July 2024, the final paper (max 8 pages) must be sent by 30 September 2024.

Papers will be published in open source digital proceedings by December 2024. The best contributions will be selected for publication in a Scopus journal in the field.

The Call for Papers for the conference is open. The topics of interest of the 19th edition are the following:

• Color and Measurement/Instrumentation. Colorimetry, photometry and color atlas: method, theory and instrumentation; quality control and food coloring, dyes, organic and sustainable color.
• Color and Digital. Reproduction, management, digital color correction, image processing, graphics, photography, film and video production, printmaking and 3D print, artificial vision, virtual reality, multispectral imaging, and data visualization. Light field imaging. Multi-sensor fusion. Color localization, recognition, HDR imaging, ADAS systems.
• Color and Lighting. Metamerism, color rendering, adaptation, color constancy, appearance, illusions, color memory and perception, color in extra-atmospheric environments, lighting design, lighting technologies, and visual comfort.
• Color and Physiology. Mechanisms of vision in their experimental and theoretical aspects, color vision and color appearance, deficiencies, abnormalities, clinical and biological aspects, synesthesia, health, and well-being.
• Color and Psychology. Phenomenology of colors, color harmonies, color & form, perceptive, emotional, aesthetic and diagnostic aspects.
• Color and Production. Food and beverages, agriculture, textiles, plastic materials, ceramics, paints, gemology, color in the food industry.
• Color and Restoration. Archaeometry, painting materials, diagnostics and techniques of conservation, restoration and enhancement of cultural heritage.
• Color and Environment. Representation and drawing, urban planning, the project of color, architecture, interior design, landscapes & horticulture, color and architectural syntax, territorial identities, biodiversity.
• Color and Design. Furniture, CMF design, fashion, textiles, textures, cosmetics, food design, museography.
• Color and Culture. Arts and crafts, history, philosophy, aesthetics, ethno-anthropology, graffiti, geology, sociology, lexicology, semantics, anthropology of vision, food culture and heritage, color naming.
• Color and Education. Pedagogy, didactics of color, aesthetic education, artistic education.
• Color and Communication/Marketing. Graphics, communication, packaging, lettering, exposure, advertising.
• SPECIAL SESSION: Color in games and toys. How color is used in the design of games, video games, and toys to enhance their attractiveness, communicate precise meanings, make the game accessible to color-blind users, increase the recognizability and visibility of its components, and for marketing, cultural, educational purposes, etc.

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