​​Dr. / Prof. Luke — aka The Colour Professor

Luke is a dedicated and forward-thinking professional known for his commitment to excellence and his ability to bring innovative solutions to complex challenges. With a reputation for integrity, creativity, honest communication and collaboration, Luke has consistently demonstrated leadership across the pigment and colour industries worldwide, earning the respect of colleagues and industry peers alike. Luke's colour production continues with new technology in recycling metal, plastic and chemicals into new colour and inks for consumer packaging printing where more than 50% of pigments are used and unfortunately end up in the bin and not recycled. This positive contribution is for the love of colour and the environment, search images show China pigments have damaged our health, water and eco systems.

Luke is a chromatic maverick, equal parts scientist, chemist and artist, a chemical innovator and experimentalist, a philanthropic colour curator who turned his childhood chaos with children's chemistry sets and automotive waste into colour products that are enjoyed and used in more then 20+ industries worldwide.

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Humble begins: Basically born holding his mother’s oil paints, the sign of Luke's colourful future... An only child of a Polish father (a mechanic) and Sicilian mother (also a mechanic) who was also a part-time art teacher, art author and book illustrator. Moving to Sydney at a young age where his parents owned a mechanical repair garage. Not attending school in earlier years as Luke did not speak at all, he would hand tools to his parents or dis-assembling anything available to him to see how it works. Childhood dreams of being an inventor or famous artists started very early, followed by Luke's expensive colour addiction with his mothers oil paints and his creative mindset to make things.

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Growing up: Luke’s lifelong obsession with colour really ignited at age six when he was removing lead plates from dead car batteries at parents automotive workshop, when discovering lead oxide crystals which later became lead white, lead red... This led to mixing other metals and acids to find new crystal type precipitates. At age nine Luke converted the workshop garages unused 'out back dunny' into his first colour lab filled with colour experiments. At age eleven Luke was chrome plating his friends BMX bikes, and at age thirteen embarked on explosive chemical experiments, from Lead, Copper, or Chrome metals and acids, until the Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) bomb squad, who politely suggested Luke sticks to only the experiments in his kid's chemistry sets, NOT explosives and pyrotechnics in local park, the school oval or friends backyards.

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Bright‑pink obsessed colour scientist: A lifelong “colour addict” and bright pink as his favourite colour Luke is one of the very few scientist constantly looking for new colours and colour chemistry breakthroughs in his Colour Lab.​ Discovering and

​​​​​​making colour experiments as a kid and still today, a lifetime dedication to colour science and colour pigment production.

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World-leading pigment chemist: Luke has spent over 24 years synthesizing and curating the world's largest catalogue of pigments in human history, well over 10,000 colour hues, all manufactured in Australia's only pure‑pigment factory. Not one chemist in the world has made more individual pigment shades.

 

Down to earth Professor: Luke is a interesting and practical lecturer across all Australian universities and tech colleges for blending chemistry, science and art. Sharing the hidden secret experiences and tools in the colour industry to new students, colour professionals, and scientists with bright and colourful student practicals or demonstrations. Prof Luke is inspiring art, design and science students to fully understand the technical attributes in colour / light and the correct industry processes.

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Trusted consultant to Industry and .gov: Dr/Prof. Luke has worked and consulted for the AFP bomb squad. Luke currently consults for many other .GOV & NGO in the chemistry and colour space. Luke is also helping mining industries with waste tailings dam processing to chemical extraction and recycling.

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An open‑source alchemist: Luke often reveals rare chemical formulas that he has discovered in making new colours and pigments, stating "Nobody can own or claim to own natures colours, and I also don't believe in keeping secrets to colour, so everyone can reproduce any of these pigments themselves".​​​​​

Luke also opens his colour laboratory (Colour Lab) to conduct classes showing how pigments are made and also how to produce exact colour shades when mixing pigments or paints.  

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Always there to help: Luke has collaborated with world-renowned artists, tattooists, cosmetic houses, resin creators, industrial clients, and all other colour user industries, turning mere pennies into pounds of bespoke pigments at a fraction of the cost of mainstream suppliers. "Colour should be induced, invoked, or inspire, but most of all be available and affordable."

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Philanthropist of colour: Luke donates proceeds from colour sample sales to worthy causes such as Beyond Blue and Fred Hollows Foundation, blending colour beauty with benevolence. Embracing “colour for a cause” initiatives with Lucid Colour for customers that reach out on instagram DM's @LucidColour ​ 

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Want to Co-lab with Luke or Lucid Colour: Recent co-labs include Adidas, R.M Williams, Harvard University, OPI Products ATL Composites, GrapheneFirst, UrbanDecay, Lillypad Lacquer, Acme Fins, Firewire Surfboards, NYC Brand, Dinosaur Designs,

DC Tri, Lush, Movie & Dream World, Riviera Yachts, Chevron,

​Harley Davidson, Rhino Linings, West Gold Ltd, TYM guitars....

Luke has worked for over 10,000 individual clients, businesses, companies, and many famous brands. Reach out here or you can follow us on instagram for free samples, Colour giveaways colour or brand co-labs @LucidColour ​ ​​or Direct message us