The International Colour Authority (ICA) is a private organization publishing

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colour Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are assoc ...

trends for the coming seasons, to be used by industry designers. It also awards a ''Seal of Approval'' that companies may display in their promotional materials if the colour ranges they use are appraised by the ICA. ICA forecasts were launched in 1968. Since then, a panel of international colour specialists, the Spanish Painter Pepa Poch among them, gathers twice a year in

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to select the next colour palette. The selection is published 22 months ahead of the retail selling season, thus constituting the earliest colour trend prediction available to the furniture design and

textile Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

industries. Nowadays the ICA is one of the leading colour forecasters for the industry, along with the Color Marketing Group. Their products are ''"high-quality forecast publications containing an abundance of accurate information on market trends"'', which ranks them among ''"the favourite publications of many professionals"'', according to an article published by the

International Trade Centre The International Trade Centre (ITC) () is a multilateral agency which has a joint mandate with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The he ...

.Don't Be Off-colour
. ''International Trade Forum'', 1 (2001) Colours in the ICA colour guides are referenced using the

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standard, the

Natural Color System The Natural Color System (NCS) is a proprietary perceptual color model. It is based on the color opponency hypothesis of color vision, first proposed by German physiologist Ewald Hering. The current version of the NCS was developed by the ...

(NCS) standard, or both. ICA has now launched an online service through which subscribers can download the forecasts, and is creating an online newsletter, World Colour News.

Other color organizations

Color forecasting trade associations

* The Color Marketing Group (CMG) * The

Color Association of the United States The Color Association of the United States (CAUS), known until 1955 as the Textile Color Card Association of the United States (TCCA), is an independent color trend forecasting and color consulting service to the business community, known for its ...

(CAUS) * The International Colour Authority (ICA)

Color matching/management organizations

International Color Consortium The International Color Consortium (ICC) was formed in 1993 by eight vendors in order to create an open, vendor-neutral color management system which would function transparently across all operating systems and software packages. Overview The ...

(ICC) *

International Commission on Illumination The International Commission on Illumination (usually abbreviated CIE for its French name, Commission internationale de l'éclairage) is the international authority on light, illumination, colour, and colour spaces. It was established in 1913 a ...

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Other color organizations

Color forecasting trade associations

Color matching/management organizations

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