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Where to Study Color

(updated July, 2008)

After a years of research and occasional input from our website visitors, we came up with a list of educational institutions that offer courses in color. By no means is it a complete list ... but it's a beginning. If we don't have a listing for your state or country, it's due to the fact that we haven 't turned up anything...and this is purely volunteer work on our part.

Please help with this list! Submit the name and url of the school or university that offers a dedicated course in color. In other words, a specific course in color . Science, art....any discipline. A url for the course or Art/Design Department is required. us.

Color Matters author, Jill Morton, has served as faculty at a number of Universities. For information about her seminars, click here. She has also written a series of ebooks that are used as text books in educational institutions. For more information, click here.

This list is provided solely as a reference.
We do not endorse any of the following institutions and do not have any information regarding accreditation, certification, etc .

Where to Study Color - An Alphabetical Listing

Australia

Julian Ashton Art School (Sydney, Australia)
Colour Light and Vision. Intensive 5-day/weekend workshops in all aspects of colour and lighting relevant to the artist.

tafeSA - Marleston Campus
Colour Studies

University of theSunshine Coast - Queensland
Offers numerous courses that include the colour theory and research.

The School of Colour and Design Australia
Sydney

COFA, the College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia - The School of Art offers two courses (SART 2836 + SART 9742) in colour to undergraduates and postgraduates including an interdisciplinary course dedicated to the study of the languages and the semiotics of colour.The School of Art History also offers a course (SAHT 2215) on the history of colour theory.

Belgium

Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Antwerp
Courses on color theory & history

Canada

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (Vancouver, BC)
Every student is required to take a Colour course in their foundation year.

Ontario College of Art and Design
Toronto, ON
Studio Course: Colour Yheory and Practice. Also many foundation courses in colour.

France

Summer program in Paris - Colorado College
AS 110/210 4610 Color: Theory and Practice

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Germany

University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Hildesheim, Germany
Full-time "Colour Design" study - several courses in color theory, color planning, history of color, etc.

Ireland

Limperts Academy
Color courses

Japan

IACC Schools of Japan for Color and Interior Design

Mexico

Grupo Nasco, S.A. de C.V
Courses of Color Science and Light, Color Theory basics, Quality Control, Formulation, etc. Custom courses availabl.
(For many application (sPlastics, Paints, Graphic Arts, Textile and more).

Norway

Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway
Provides several courses on color, within their media-related bachelor and master programmes.
Digital Reproduction and Colour Management ,
Theory of Colour
Colour Imaging

See full listing here
Also, the web site of our master programmes which are now taught in English to accomodate international students

Portugal

Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Master's of Color in Architecture.

South Africa

Technikon Natal Foundation
Offers a course in colour theory

United Kingdom

Centre for Colour Design Technology
University of Leeds (UK)
http://www.colourtech.org

Department of Colour Chemistry
University of Leeds
http://www.colour.leeds.ac.uk/

City Lit [Adult Education College
Covent Garden, Central London
Evening and weekend courses on colour throughout the year

London Art College
Colour Awareness course for artists which is a distance learning course.

Holistic Design Institute
Special courses in Colour Thereapeutics
http://www.holisticdesign.co.uk/

Irish International School of Colour Therapy
UK acredited school offers international home study
http://www.iriscolour.co.uk

International

IACC Education Programs World-Wide

Europe - Multiple locations in Spain/France/Finland/Norway

CIMET - Color in Informatics and Media Technology
A masters program that is a collaboration between the University of Saint-Etienne (France), University of Joensuu (Finland), University of Granada (Spain) and Gjøvik University College (Norway)

United States

Arkansas

Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
Dept. of Art & Design
Course: Color Theory/Art 260

California

Californa State - Long Beach
Color Theory

California State Universty, Sacramento
Color courses offered:
Art Department - http://www.asn.csus.edu/art/
Design Department - http://www.csus.edu/design/

Fresno State University
Interaction of Color class

The University of California, Santa Cruz Extension
Color Theory and Practice

San Francisco State University - Interior Design Dept.
Offers a dedicated class in color , ID 240 - Color and Design.

UCLA Extension - Professional Level Interior Design Program.
Los Angeles, California, USA
Color Theory X452

City College in San Francisco
Offers Color in Design - 150, Photo 55 -Color Theory in Photography, Photo 95 -A&B Beginning and Intermediate Color Printing.

IACC Seminars for Color and Environment
San Diego , California

Colorado

University of Denver
ARTS 1055 - Color Theory
An investigative introduction to color theory and practical color application

Connecticut

University of Hartford
Two excellent foundation courses in 2D design, one on black and white and one on color.

Florida

Florida State University
Color course

Florida A&M
Color course

Georgia

Atlanta College of Art (Atlanta)
Several courses in color, including "Color Projects" - an interdisciplinary course on color.

Illinois

Harrington Institute of Interior Design (Chicago)
Fundamentals of Color in Interior Design

Kansas

Fort Hayes State University
Art Department - http://www.fhsu.edu/art/
Color course

Kentucky

University of Kentucky
Art Department - http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Art/
Color course

Eastern Kentucky University
Art Department - http://www.art.eku.edu/
Color course

Western Kentucy University
Art Department
Color course

Maryland

Villa Julie College
Art Department - http://www4.vjc.edu/Art/
Color course

Massachusetts

Fitchburg State College
Graphic Design Department - http://raven.fsc.edu/graphics/
Color course

Boston Architectural College
Color Course - Download PDF for course

Michigan

College for Creative Studies College
Courses in Color and Light

Cranbrook Academy of Art
(Dazzling web site but no information about courses)

Western Michigan University
Art Department - http://www.wmich.edu/cfa/
Color course

Minnesota

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Color Design Course

Missouri

Southwest Missouri State
Course in Color Theory

Central Missouri State University/ Art Department
Design II - Color Theory & Design Principles

University of Missouri-Columbia.
A dedicated course: Color Theory.

Nebraska

University of Nebraska -Kearney
Art Department - http://www.unk.edu/acad/art/

New York

SUNY Purchase College - State University of New York
"The World of Color" - covers the fundamentals of color theory and its broad range of applicationst - Carole Pfeffer

Pratt Institute
Course in Light & Color

Rocherster Institute of Technology

RIT Munsell Color Science Laboratory

University of Buffalo - Department of Architecture
The online course offerings include a graduate course on color -"Color Culture" which focuses on the relationship between color and three-dimensional space.
E-mail: tauke@ap.buffalo.edu

North Carolina

Appalachian State University
Art Department
Color course

Ohio

Columbus College of Art and Design
Color courses

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon
Color and Communication course

Moore College of Art
Color course

Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA
Course Name: AR195 Color

Art Institue of Pittsburgh
Offers a Color Theory course that is included in many of their programs

Oklahoma

Oral Roberts University - Art Department
Color in Design - Art 105

Rhode Island

Rhode Island School of Design
Fundamentals of Color course

Tennessee

Memphis College of Art
Color courses including "Color, Form, Painting"

University of Memphis
Art Department
Color course

Texas

San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas
Design III - a dedicated course in color theory

Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Design 3 - Color Class - Summer

Austin Community College
Visual Communication Department
Course description for Color Theory

Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University
Interior Design Department has a one semester on color and light.

Washington

The Seattle Academy of Fine Art
Color Theory (from classical to modern)is included in every painting course. Also, veryspecific programs in color theory.

Cornish College of the Arts
Several color courses

School of Visual Concepts
Color courses

Wyoming

University of Wyoming - Art Department
Color Foundations course

Graphic Design Education

A comprehensive listing of more than 290 (US) and 140 (international) visual communications programs can be found at http://www.sensebox.com

Another listing of Graphic Design Schools by region (US) at http://www.graphic-design-schools.net/

Art Education

Art Education Resources
A list of resources for art education

Photography Education

Photography Schools
Directory of international photography colleges, photography schools and courses

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