The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) is a non-profit learned society which was created in 1931 to advance the understanding and application of visual color as it relates to science, industry, and art.Series Description and Inventory, Accession 2188,, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE USAW. J. Keirnan, The Story of the Inter-Society Color Council, ,"Inter-Society Color Council Newsletter", Number 173, September–December 1964 The Council also serves to coordinate between different organizations in the United States for which color plays a major role (for example, design, printing, or computer graphics). The Council is composed of individual members and Sustaining Members, and supplies the United States' representatives to the International Commission on Illumination. The society maintains three interest groups to provide focus for presentations at conferences: Fundamental and Applied Color Research, Industrial Applications of Color, and Art, Design, and Psychology.

Journal

The Council endorses the international journal Color Research and Application, and encourages the submission of such reports and articles to this journal for consideration for publication. Reprints of such publications and of others that may be of interest to Council members may from time to time be made available to all members.

Conferences

The society hosts its annual meeting as well as special topics meetings. In addition, it participates in meetings of other societies. The annual meeting includes meetings of the Project Committees and sessions of three interest groups:

Fundamental & Applied Color Research Industrial Application of Color Art, Design & Psychology

Special topics meetings include presentations on one or more areas specific to the meeting. The Council is also active in promoting color education, including development of programs and resources for schools, along with the Colour Literacy Project.

Awards

The society presents three awards, the Godlove Award, the Macbeth Award, and the Nickerson Award.

Past leaders Chairs 1931 E. N. Gathercoal 1933 A. E. O. Munsell 1934–1935 M. H. Rorke (acting chair) 1936 M. R. Paul 1938 F. L. Dimmick 1940 D. B. Judd 1942 D. B. Judd 1944 M. J. Zigler 1946 R. M. Evans 1948 I. H. Godlove 1950 I. A. Balinkin 1952 E. I. Stearns

Presidents

1954 D. Nickerson 1956 Waldron Faulkner 1958 W. C. Granville 1960 G. L. Erikson 1962 W. J. Kiernan 1964 R. E. Pike 1966 W. L. Rhodes 1968 F. W. Billmeyer, Jr. 1970 R. M. Hanes 1972 R. S. Hunter 1974 R. E. Derby 1976 C. W. Jerome 1978 F. Grum 1980 W. D. Shaeffer 1982 L. A. Graham 1984 J. S. Davenport 1986 A. B. J. Rodrigues 1988 J. T. Luke 1990 H. S. Fairman 1992 P. J. Alessi 1994 R. L. Connelly 1996 E. C. Carter 1998 M. H. Brill 2000 J. Ladson 2002 D. C. Rich 2004 J. Zwinkels 2006 R. Buckley 2008 M. Nadal 2010 F. O'Donnell 2012 S. Fernandez 2014 J. Conant 2016 J. Dimas 2018 R. Shamey 2020 D. Wyble 2022 M. Maggio

See also American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ASTM International Color Association of the United States International Color Consortium International Colour Association International Organization for Standardization

References

External links

Inter-Society Color Council records