Artwork: Peter Holzhausen
Colour Turn
An interdisciplinary, open-access journal advancing colour research across the sciences, humanities, and the arts.
Colour Turn
Colour Turn is a peer-reviewed open journal that seeks to promote and advance interdisciplinary and international research into Colour Studies. The open access journal is inaugurated on August 28, 2018, on the occasion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 269th birthday, one of the pioneers of colour theory.
Colour Turn invites high-quality papers and articles from various perspectives in the field of colour studies and encourages junior as well as senior researchers to submit their work. The grand vision of Colour Turn is to serve the community of researchers at large and to bring together editorial boards of highly recognised experts in the field of colour research.
In Partnership With
With Funding From
Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Susanne Marschall
Institute for Media Studies (Medienwissenschaft)
University of Tübingen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Robert Horres
Japanese Studies (Japanologie)
University of Tübingen, Germany
Dr. Elena Mucciarelli
Assistant Professor for Hinduism in the Sanskrit Tradition, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society
University of Groningen
Latest Publications
Issue 6 — 2026
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The complexity of the creative process in urban colour design(opens in a new tab)
Anamaria Rezende -
Dust atmospheres: Perceptions shaping spatiality(opens in a new tab)
Andreas Rauh -
On the need for spatial component in describing colour vision deficiency(opens in a new tab)
Beatrice Sarti, Daniele Aurelio, Carlo Albero Iocco, Lucia Becatti, Andrea Mazzoni & Alessandro Rizzi -
Material and Immaterial Colours in Interaction: Josef Albers' Murals 'Homages to the Square' at the Rochester Institute of Technology(opens in a new tab)
Juan Serra & Michael Murdoch -
Colour and spatialities: A literature review(opens in a new tab)
Imène Slama
Colour Research Colloquium
CRC 2026
What Colour Means — What Colours Mean
An interdisciplinary online forum for scholars, artists, and researchers. We welcome 15-minute presentations on ongoing research at any stage. If you are simply curious, you are very welcome to join as an audience member.
To present or attend:
submission@colourturn.net
Colour Turn Talk
A new section for interviews, podcasts, and recorded conversations with scholars, artists, and practitioners who work with colour in all its complexity.
Learn more