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The Colour Society of Australia

If colour is part of your life and you want to mix with others who have a similar point of view then have a look at how we celebrate our common interest through membership of the Society

We go to colourful places

 The Victorian Division held its December social meeting at The Colour Lab in Prahran, Melbourne

We meet a wide range of skilled people working in decoration like Derek Marvelley a Master of the Artisans Guild. Here are some examples of his marbling and decoration

We enjoy the support of Dulux who are a Corporate/Sustaining member and who have sponsored many major events like the AIC Congress we hosted in 2009 and local conferences in Melbourne 2003 and Launceston in 2011

Our members go to colourful locations around Australia and the world and report their experiences to provide sources of inspiration and reflection on the use of colour in different environments and cultures. Our journal Spectrum is the means by which we publish this to our membership. Some early example back copies of these are on this website.

We try and help anyone working in the field of colour. In the Victorian Division we have a Colour Resource file where members give a brief account of their expertise and contact details. This is about to be expanded considerably by going National with all members having the facility to publicise themselves to visitors and other members via Members Only section that will be set up to provide an appropriate level of privacy protection.

If you and colour go hand in hand we would like to welcome you to our family of colourful friends and expand our influence for the benefit of all.

Our Conferences are colourful events and those who attended last years are still talking about it. I make no apologies for leaving details of the event on our home page.

Victorian Division Committee

February 2012 

The 2011 Colour Society of Australia conference

was a great event for all involved.

The superstars of Australian colour were in abundance.

Colour gurus Anjel OBryant and Babette Hayes featured in headlines in the local press amongst the sea of heavy media attention the event attracted in the host State of Tasmania. The Mayor of Launceston opened the proceedings for colour enthusiasts from around Australia and overseas who attended.

Front Page of the HOBART MERCURY NEWSPAPER - 3/9/2011

 Colour specialist Anjel OBryant from Sydney offers Colour Society Conference organiser Darren Alexander some colour tips on undies

The Fabulous speakers list kicked off with internationally renowned vitreo-retinal surgeon Dr Brendan Vote. He walked us through how the physiological experience which takes place in our brain [something we humans recognise as  vision and colour] is experienced in a different manner amongst other creatures. Their eyes and brains do not identify the same electro magnetic wavelengths we do!

The brilliant Leoni Duff followed up with an explanation on how the master artist can use the same physiological mechanics of the human brain to control our percieved experience – and how she can make a grey appear as a blue or an orange - simply by controlling the surrounding colours. Here science meets art in a marriage of intellect and insight.

Art and Science become one!

The continual parade of other equally fascinating speakers throughout the conference entertained and enthused the audience with a varied range of talents from within the field of colour.

During respite from official presenters, three pillars of the Colour Society; Peter McGinley, Stephen Dain and Derek Grantham were recognised for their individual efforts in furthering the field of colour in Australia within their respective areas of endeavour.

The Silver Jubilee dinner surprised Dr. Peter McGinley in his position as Guest of Honour, where he recieved the inaugural 25 year jubilee Award for his outstounding contribution to colour, locally and internationally. Personal heartfelt congratulations sent to Peter from a number of the world’s leaders in the field were read out – and this brought a brief tear to Peter’s eye – as he was a little overcome by the high regard in which he is rightly held by his peers.

Peter McGinley - CSA President 1993 - 1997

For those unfortunate enough to miss out on the event

 – the next biennial conference will be held in 2013.

Color Research & Application Journal The Colour Society of Australia, as an endorsing society, is represented on the editorial board of the authoritative international journal Color Research and Application published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Subscriptions are available to Colour Society of Australia financial members at the concessional rate of US$150 p.a. The Associate Editor is Associate Professor Stephen Dain (NSW).

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