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What is your favourite colour? How many colours can you identify and name?
What is the colour of 2020? Pantone’s Color of the Year 2020 is “Classic Blue.” Colours have meanings. Click here to find out what is “Classic Blue” and its meaning.
Colours are strategies, that can be strategically used in numerous contexts.
e.g. branding, product design, fashion, lifestyle, marketing, not to mention colour psychology. Click here for some examples of how colours were used in everyday contexts.
In this series of Arts and Artificial Intelligence workshops, you will learn something more significant: the cultural significance of colours.
The “Arts and Artificial Intelligence” project
In this project, we are focusing on the cultural significance of colours especially for three communities: Indigenous, African Canadian and Asian Canadian Communities. Please click the following links to explore the fascinating cultural uses of colours.
Cultural Significance of Colours
Colours in Asian Canadian Communities
Colours in African Canadian Communities
Examples of Colours in Indigenous Communities
Catholic Liturgical Uses of Colours
Examples:
The Colour Red in Cultural Contexts
The Colour Yellow in Cultural Contexts
After finishing these sessions, you can do similar comparisons for other colours too!
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The “Asian-Canadian Artists in Digital Age: School Workshops Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence” project is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program.
Co-Organizers: York University; Toronto Catholic District School Board; Toronto District School Board; IBM Canada; Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Chinese Canadian Photography Society of Toronto; WE Artists’ Group; Social Services Network.