The Purpose of the Open Colour Standard

Brief words about the Open Colour Standard: OCS is a union of colour theory and large scale information organization. OCS will be executed within an open source framework.

Open Colour Standard Goals

• Create an Open Colour Standard to rival proprietary colour spaces
• study colour for commercial and artistic uses in an open and transparent way, within the spirit of FLOSS
• educate designers, creators, businesses about the importance and benefits of open standards
• grow a community of open source colour developers
• take the prohibitive costs out of getting precise colour in print media

The mission of the Open Colour Standard will be to:

• educate the populous about colour
• democratize the precise use of colour in real world applications
• encourage experimentation and development with colour
• make colour accessible