The Department of Colour Science, which joined the School of Chemistry in 2009, has over 100 years of research history, leading to outstanding impact from our work. Our research in applied colour creation and colour application is globally leading, which we achieve through extensive industrially collaborative research activities, aimed at providing novel, science-based solutions for industry. Colour chemistry - We focus on the design, synthesis, evaluation of novel colourants and their applications across important, wide-ranging scientific and technological fields. Themes of particular interest include: novel photochromic and thermochromic molecules for anti-counterfeit applications, novel dyes for the environmentally friendly colouration of textile fabrics, biological colourants and their applications in photo-medical treatments, functional organic dyes and their use in nano-technological products.