A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you know a famous color?
2. What is a specific number?
3. Do you like new trends?
4. What is a good match?
5. Do you notice small details?
6. What is a design job?
7. Do you think color is important for business?
8. What is a clear communication?
9. Do you think Pantone is necessary?
10. What is a long search?
11. Do you like fashion magazines?
12. What is a beautiful building?
13. Do you worry about mistakes?
14. What are three things that use exact colors?
15. Do you think one color can be special?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between guessing a color and using a Pantone code?
2. Why did Pantone create a system for standardizing color?
3. What are the good things and bad things about following a color trend?
4. How can a company use color to sell more products?
5. Should all design students learn about the Pantone system?
6. Why is it important for a logo to have an exact color?
7. Do you think Pantone’s “Color of the Year” affects design?
8. What is the purpose of a physical color swatch book?
9. How does technology (printers) use the Pantone system?
10. What is the difference between a neutral color and a vibrant one?
11. Do you think setting color trends is a powerful job?
12. What are the problems when a specific color is copied by other companies?
13. When is the best time to introduce a new color into a product line?
14. What are two industries that rely heavily on Pantone?
15. How does the Pantone system help global manufacturing?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely discussing a designer’s choice of a trendy color?
2. How does the economy affect the choice of “Color of the Year”?
3. Should the government require all official branding to use clearly defined color standards?
4. What is the difference between a color trend and a lasting classic color?
5. Do you believe that the Pantone system is necessary for global commerce?
6. What are the challenges of predicting what color will be popular next year?
7. How does the focus on one color affect the diversity of design?
8. What is the idea of “color forecasting”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some colors are trademarked for a single company?
10. How does a lack of color standardization lead to costly printing errors?
11. What are the steps for properly matching a physical color to a digital code?
12. What is the value of sharing a precise language for all colors?
13. Should public media criticize companies that use trendy colors poorly?
14. What are the reasons why some designers resist following commercial color trends?
15. How does the history of dye scarcity affect the value of colors?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures on designers to adopt the “Color of the Year”?
2. What are the moral problems when companies use precise color psychology to manipulate consumer emotion?
3. How does constant online viewing of perfect color palettes affect expectations for real-world color?
4. Should companies be legally required to disclose the environmental impact of producing specific dyes?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of a color being officially designated as the “trend” for the year.
6. Who is responsible for ensuring that color standardization is accessible to small businesses?
7. What is your view on the practice of deliberately using clashing or jarring color combinations?
8. Evaluate the role of color standardization in preserving art and historical artifacts.
9. How does the concept of “color authority” affect the creative freedom of individual artists?
10. Discuss the concept of “cultural color symbolism” in the context of global trends.
11. What are the problems with having very different color standards for digital screens versus print media?
12. What are the legal differences between general color copying and trademark infringement?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of Pantone is mainly to support the printing and manufacturing industries?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that all color trends are inclusive of diverse cultural meanings?
15. How does the commercialization of color affect the pure appreciation of art?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the color standardization system is mainly driven by the commercial needs of the West?
2. What is the right way to think about a color company’s moral duty to consider the environmental impact of their pigments?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of colorful design trends that become globally dominant?
4. When should the government consider mandatory use of natural, sustainable pigments in all public projects?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using color to create artificial feelings of scarcity or luxury?
6. How does the focus on quick trend adoption affect the long-term, necessary investment in durable, classic colors?
7. Discuss the impact of major corporate mergers on the future control of color standards.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about color psychology to design non-manipulative public information?
9. What is the idea of “color therapy” and its ethical limits?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when personal aesthetic choices are heavily influenced by a single commercial entity?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a new color designation is truly original?
12. How does the search for total control over color conflict with the ethical need for artistic freedom?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the preservation of diverse, traditional color palettes?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from a color trend created by high-cost marketing?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time required for a color trend to remain in place?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s individual perception of color and the standardized, codified commercial color?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all forms of commercial color standardization?
3. How does the concept of “universality” change when technology allows perfect, personalized color viewing?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how color companies use psychological data to predict trends?
5. How do historical views of sumptuary laws and status symbols affect modern color choices?
6. How can communities maintain their traditional visual culture when global brands dictate color preferences?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control color and allow total artistic and commercial freedom.
8. What protection should laws give to artists who report unethical practices in the color industry?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “efficiency” to justify the control of aesthetics?
10. What did old thinkers say about light, beauty, and the moral use of visual experience that is still relevant today?
11. What will happen to the need for human color experts if AI can perfectly generate and match all colors?
12. How do people use the idea of “being on trend” to avoid discussing their lack of personal style?
13. How does the experience of a major color change (e.g., in a city) improve a person’s adaptation to visual change?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that color companies invest in biodegradable pigments?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, non-toxic, and infinitely reproducible color, how would that fundamentally change the value of design?
