Ethical Colour, what is it and why does it matter?

Drawing on research across chromophobia, bio-colour science, circular pigment systems, and regulatory silence in the textile industry, the speakers make the case that colour is not an aesthetic afterthought but a design infrastructure with measurable social and environmental consequences. Presented by researchers and practitioners working across Australia and the UK, the talk connects live dyeing research — including samples produced from post-consumer textile waste — to the broader question of what an ethical colour field could look like, and what it would demand of designers. Accessible, provocative, and grounded in material evidence.