Founded in 1967, the Association Internationale de la Couleur (International Colour Association, Internationale Vereinigung für die Farbe)  is a learned society whose aims are to encourage research in all aspects of colour, to disseminate the knowledge gained from this research, and to promote its application to the solution of problems in the fields of science, art, design and industry on an international basis.

The AIC also aims for a close cooperation with existing international organizations, such as, for example, the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the International Commission for Optics (ICO), regarding issues concerned with colour.

Every four years, the AIC organizes international colour congresses. It is also responsible for arranging midterm meetings, which take place two years after the congress, and interim meetings, which take place at intervals corresponding to one and three years after the congress. Congresses feature original papers in all themes and fields related to colour. Interim and Midterm Meetings, instead, are thematically oriented; each meeting concentrates on a specific aspect of colour. The papers presented at congresses and meetings are published in the proceedings, most of which are freely available at the AIC's website.

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