International Colour Day is an annual event held on March 21 to celebrate colour.
The day was established by the International Colour Association (abbreviated as AIC for its French name, ), which is composed of national colour organizations and members representing over 30 countries.
Background The adoption of a worldwide day of colour was first proposed in 2008 by the Portuguese Color Association, whose president, Maria Joao Durao, presented the idea to the International Colour Association (abbreviated as AIC for its French name, ). The proposal was agreed upon in 2009 among the members of the AIC, which is composed of national colour organizations and members representing over 30 countries.
International Colour Day was thereby established, with 21 March adopted as the official date. This date was chosen because it is around the equinox, when "the sun shines directly on the equator," and thus, the duration of day and night are approximately equal in length around the world.
Logo An international competition for the design of the International Colour Day logo was held at the 2012 interim meeting of the International Colour Association, held in Taipei, Taiwan."Call for Logo Competition for the International Colour Day." AIC Interim Meeting 2012. International Colour Association. 2012. As expressed by winning designer Hosanna Yau of Hong Kong, "two circles form an eye, with an equal half of rainbow color and black representing light and darkness, day and night, everyone feast one's eye on the international color day."
Activities Some of the activities and events that are unfolded on the International Colour Day: Arts exhibitions, architectural projects, design, decoration, fashion Meetings, debates, scientific events Workshops on the use of colour and light for both adults and children. Contests on colour and light design. Wearing national or regional identity colours. AIC member countries: Australia — Colour Society of AustraliaAustralia 2021 Belgium — Interdisciplinary Colour Association BelgiumBelgium 2021 Brazil — Associação ProCor do BrasilBrazil 2015 Canada — Colour Research Society of CanadaCanada 2021 Chile — Asociación del Color ChileChile 2011 Croatia — Croatian Color Society in co-organization with the University of Zagreb Finland — Finnish Colour Association () France — Centre Français de la Couleur Hungary — Hungarian National Colour Committee Italy — Gruppo del Colore – Associazione Italiana ColoreItaly 2021 Japan — Color Science Association of Japan Korea — Korean Society of Color Studies The Netherlands — KleurenvisieThe Netherlands 2019 Norway — FORUM FARGE Portugal — Portuguese Colour Association () Russia — Color Society of Russia Slovenia — Slovenian Society for Colours Spain — Faculty of Sciences of the University of AlicanteSpain 2021 Sweden — Swedish Colour Centre Foundation Taiwan — Color Association of Taiwan United Kingdom — The Colour GroupUnited Kingdom 2021 United States — Inter-Society Color CouncilUnited States 2014
See also
International Colour Association Inter-Society Color Council The Colour Group
References
External links
Official website of the International Colour Association About the ICD (in Spanish)