Society of Dyers and Colourists

SDC is the world's leading independent, educational charity dedicated to advancing the science and technology of colour worldwide. Established in 1884, we have been representing our members and our industry for over 100 years. For further information please navigate to the About Us section.

Find out all about the inventor of the first synthetic dye by reading through The Perkin Legacy.

We have a range of membership types to suit everyone, to review your choices why not visit the Types of Membership section of our website?

For a full listing of our corporate members please click here.

For a full list of staff and their contact details please download the staff contacts PDF locate here

Membership benefits are determined by the type of membership you opt for, we would therefore recommend navigating to the membership section to review your options.

To see a list of upcoming events; take a look at our new Events Calendar.

This is SDC’s most significant milestone to date and you can read more about the Royal Charter here.

Our Annual Review is located within the About Us category.

Our head office is in Bradford, UK.  We work internationally, and have regions in countries including China, Hong Kong, India and Pakistan.  We have members based in over 50 countries worldwide.

We are moving from over five separate websites to just one website!  This is in direct response to feedback from members about the difficulty experienced in finding information on our old websites.  We hope this website will offer one central source of information, with much improved search and navigation facilities. 

Attendance certificates (if available at the event) should be retained as verification; otherwise you can add details to your online CPD which is audited by the SDC.

All online payments will be directed through our shop, however we currently only have the full functionality for online book orders.  Payments for Colour Index, Membership, and Subscriptions are not available online at present. All forms can be found in their relevant sections and payment enquiries can be made to sales@sdc.org.uk

Information about forthcoming training courses can be found here, and you can follow the links to enquire about the specific courses. During Phase 2 of our launch, online booking and payment facilities will be available.