Color codification
Law, Culture and the Hue of Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2963935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlene Elliott (0000-0003-2615-2144, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297-319 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1479758032000135979 |
| OpenAlex | W2068587580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper explores the intersection between color, culture and the legal domain; it reveals how recent, and disturbing, developments in trademark law have allowed for corporate ownership of the powerful communicative media of color and discusses the implications of this (colorful) codification. Mapping the communication of color within our contemporary legal, political and social environment, the paper addresses how color's vibrant significatory power is hemmed in by law, by (legal) language and by corporations. Law, it is argued, stands as one of the primary and most powerful practical “tools” used to shape, standardize and contain contemporary communication – and currently laws governing trademark function to recode and constrain the presumably boundless media of color. This is troubling, since our colorful environment becomes simplified when the array of meanings attributed to a particular hue are narrowed and then granted legitimacy by the courts
Function (biology · Hue · Legitimacy · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Trademark · Computer Science · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Translation Studies and Practices · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2019 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |