Color Archeologist Montaha Hidefi has teamed up with color expert Marie-Chantal Milette to offer a series of Color Talk webinars designed for color professionals and designers in market sectors involved in color design and its applications, from paints, coatings to consumer goods, and more.
Montaha HidefiThe webinars focus on decorticating the countless layers surrounding color and demystifying the ambiguity between fiction and facts, The webinars run on Zoom in English and French, on separate days. The first session in January/February about the “Rise and Shine of Yellow” have attracted multiple-industry tiers from North America and Europe Alike.
The next webinar — “Dye-ing for Purple,” scheduled for March 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET — will deal with the evolution of purple, its origins, its place in our society and the recent and unexpected shifts of its symbolism and utilization. The French version “Risquer le Mauve” will run on April 9 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
- Registration for English session on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/colour-talk-dye-ing-for-purple-tickets-142538868593
- Registration from French session on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/discussion-couleur-risquer-le-mauve-tickets-142536653969
For information, please contact Hidef at montaha.hidefi@yahoo.com
About Montaha Hidefi, Color Archeologist, Color Landing Studio
Internationally celebrated, Canadian independent Color Archeologist, Montaha Hidefi helps the trade to unmask current trends and unearth color futurecast. With an extensive background in the coatings industry, Montaha is a color consultant, forecasting panelist, writer, keynote and public speaker. She participated in the conception of numerous color forecasting palettes and trend books to clients on a global basis. She lectured on color at multiple conferences, trade shows and universities around the world, and published many articles in trade publications in North America and Europe. She is the author of Groping for Truth - My Uphill Struggle for Respect (2018), The Role of Color in Design (2019), and co-author of Colour Design: Theories and Applications (2012, 2017). Besides her consultancy, she serves as Vice President Color Forecasting at Color Marketing Group and Vice President at the Canadian Freelance Guild. https://montahahidefi.ca/
About Marie-Chantal Milette, Color Expert & Founder of Kryptonie The Color Agency
Montreal-based, Canadian Marie-Chantal Milette graduated in graphic design and advertising from The Creative Circus, a world-class school and industry-leading creative incubator. She pursued advanced color training with Leatrice Eiseman, Director of the Pantone® Colour Institute. In 2013, she successfully predicted Pantone's Color of the Year months before the official announcement was made and she did it again in 2021, predicting Illuminating would be picked for 2021 way before it was announced. She has extensive speaking and writing experience on traditional and digital media. https://kryptonie.com/en/home
