Doctoral thesis
Arnkil H. 2025. Exploring Colour in Contemporary Art – Epistemic Boundaries and Artistic Practices. Aalto University publications series Doctoral Theses 83/2025. Helsinki: Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media. PDF available from: https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-64-2525-2
Peer reviewed articles
Arnkil, H. and Schwarz, A. 2023. Colour harmony in the context of teaching. JAIC Journal of the International Colour Association. [Online]. 33 (2023), pp. 119–135. Available from: https://aic-color.org/journal-issues
Arnkil, H. 2018. Goethen Zur Farbenlehre - Värin perimmäistä olemusta etsimässä. Niin & Näin No. 97/kesä 2/2018, p 94–97.
Arnkil, H. and Pyykkö, S. 2018. Color–light–space: An interdisciplinary course for graduate and postgraduate students Color Research and Application, vol. 43, No. 6: 857-864. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22284
Arnkil, H. 2010. Miksi suomalainen arkkitehtuuri välttelee värejä / Why does Finnish architecture renounce colour. Arkkitehti/Finnish Architectural Review 3, 2010.
Conference papers
Arnkil, H. 2019. The Colours of Alvar Aalto and Artek – Early influences and evolvement. Proceedings of ICA Belgium Colour Symposium 2019, Ghent, Belgium, 23–25 May 2019. Available from: https://www.aic-color.org/resources/Documents/AIC2018%20Proceedings.pdf
Arnkil, H. 2018. The Colours of Alvar Aalto. Proceedings of the International Colour Association AIC Interim Meeting, AIC Lisboa 2018, “Colour and Comfort”, 25–29 September 2018, Lisbon, Portugal. Associação Portuguesa da Cor, 65–70. DOWNLOAD
Arnkil, H. 2015. The art of colour harmony: The enigmatic concept of complementary colours. Proceedings of AIC 2015 TOKYO Color and Image Midterm Meeting of the International Colour Aassociation (AIC) 19-22 May 2015 Tokyo, Japan. Steering Committee of AIC2015 TOKYO (eds.). Tokyo: The Color Science Association of Japan, pp. 974–979. DOWNLOAD
Fridell Anter, K., Arnkil, H. and Klarén, U. 2015. The ambiguous term of "Saturation. Proceedings of AIC 2015 TOKYO Color and Image Midterm Meeting of the International Colour Aassociation (AIC) 19-22 May 2015 Tokyo, Japan. Steering Committee of AIC2015 TOKYO (eds.). Tokyo: The Color Science Association of Japan, pp. 208–213. DOWNLOAD PAPER DOWNLOAD POSTER
Arnkil, H. 2013. Colour harmony: from dualism to living perception. Proceedings of the AIC 2013: 12th International AIC Congress. MacDonald, L., Westland, S. and Wuerger S. eds. Vol 3. Great Britain: Proceedings of the AIC 2013: 12th International AIC Congress. Vol 3. Great Britain: The Colour Group (Great Britain), 969–972. DOWNLOAD PAPER DOWNLOAD POSTER
Klarén, U., Harald Arnkil & Fridell Anter, K. (2013) Colour and light in Design - levels of experiencing colour and light. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Design Education DRS Cumulus Oslo. Oslo, Norway. Vol 2, Oslo: DRS Cumulus Oslo, pp. 743–752.
Raike, A., Arnkil, H., Honkela, T. and Messo, J. 2013. Colour Naming: A Multilingual and Multicultural Study. AIC Colour 2013: 12th Congress of the International Colour Association. 8–12 July 2013, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Proceedings, Volume 2. MacDonald, L., Westland, S. & Wuerger, S. (eds.). Great Britain: The Colour Group (Great Britain), pp. 697–700. DOWNLOAD
Arnkil, H., Fridell Anter, K. and Klarén, U. 2012. Colour and light: Concepts and confusions. AIC 2012, In Color We Live Color and Environment, Interim Meeting of the International Colour Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 22–25 September 2012: Conference Proceedings. Lee, T-R. & James Shyu, M. (eds.). Taipei, Taiwan: Color Association of Taiwan (CAT), pp. 518–521. DOWNLOAD PAPER DOWNLOAD POSTER
Fridell Anter, K., Klarén, U., Laike, T., Lång, J., Matusiak, B., Nilsson, A., Pettersson, S., Wijk, H., Arnkil, H., Berggren, L., Billger, M., Duwe, P., Enger, J., Gustafsson, A., Häggström, C. & Karlsson, Y. 2012. SYN-TES Interdisciplinary Research on Colour and Light. AIC 2012, In Color We Live – Color and Environment, Interim Meeting of the International Colour Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 22–25 September 2012: Conference Proceedings. Lee, T-R. & James Shyu, M. (eds.). Taipei, Taiwan: Color Association of Taiwan (CAT), pp. 80–83.
Matusiak, B., Fridell Anter, K., Arnkil, H. and Klarén, U. 2011. PERCIFAL method in use: Visual evaluation of three spaces. AIC 2011, Interaction of Colour & Light in the Arts and Sciences, Midterm Meeting of the International Colour Association, Zurich, Switzerland, 710 June 2011: Conference Proceedings, CD. M. Schindler, V. & Cuber, S. (eds.). Zurich: pro/colore, pp. 568–571.
Harald A., Fridell Anter, K., Klarén, U., and Matusiak, B. 2011. PERCIFAL: Visual analysis of space, light and colour. AIC 2011, Interaction of Colour & Light in the Arts and Sciences, Midterm Meeting of the International Colour Association, Zurich, Switzerland, 7–10 June 2011: Conference Proceedings, CD. M. Schindler, V. & Cuber, S. (eds.). Zurich: pro/colore, pp. 229–232. DOWNLOAD
Arnkil, H. 2008. What is Colour Harmony? Iman Kortbawi, Berit Bergström & Karin Fridell Anter (eds.), Proceedings of Colour – Effects and Affects: Interim meeting of the International Colour Association (AIC) 15–18 June 2008, Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish Colour Centre Foundation/Scandinavian Colour Institute AB.
Arnkil, H. 2008. The NCS (Natural Colour System) and its Use in Recording Historic and Contemporary Architecture. Theodore H.M. Prudhon & Kyle Normandin (eds.), Preservation Technology, Dossier 8: Restoring Postwar Heritage – Selections from the 2004 DOCOMOMO USA Technology Seminar 30th Sept – 2nd Oct 2004, New York. New York: DOCOMOMO US, pp. 127–132.
Arnkil, H. 2005. A New Colour Primer for Artists and Designers: Integrating Aesthetics and Perceptual Science. Proceedings of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association (AIC), 8th–13th May 2005, Granada, Spain, pp. 81–84. DOWNLOAD