Colour and Communication

The Colour and Communication arena considers matters relating to communication design and human communication in general, ranging from material and industrial design, spatial design, information design, to colour and educations, colours for orientations, colour and body language, inter alia. A tentative outline is presented in the following.

Part 1: Colour and Language

• Colour terminologies, concepts, naming
• Colour in ancient languages
• Colour categorization

Part 2: Colour and Visual Communication

• Colour as didactic tool
• Colour systems as tools for orientation, e.g. traffic
• Fashion and body language
• Colour as a tool in science
• Colour as tool in diagnostics
• Colour discriminations: Sexism, feminism, racism
• Colour shock: Colour communication among cultures
• Effective communication: Inter-cultural challenges

Part 3: Colour in Communication Design

• Material design
• Industrial design
• Spatial design and architectural design
• Information design
• Web Design