Abstract: The purpose of the research presented in the article is to clarify and systematize the basic concepts that make up the metalanguage of reflections on the coloristics of the cultural landscape. Metalanguage, as the language of description, is needed for the study of another language (object language). The research materials have been compiled by theoretical works published to date, which discuss the conceptual apparatus of the coloristics of the cultural landscape. Special attention in the analysis was paid to classifications, definitions and theoretical models proposed by P. Green‐Armytage, K. Fridell Anter, U. Th. Klarén, H. Arnkil, J.-Ph. Lenclos. The hypothesis of the study is the spatiality, variability, and multimodality of the coloristics of cultural landscapes set a special vector for its description: not "from above", but "from within", from the position of the viewer "immersed" in the color environment. This principle requires special terms that can take into account the specifics of how inhabitants actually see colors in the cultural landscape, what they feel, how they remember them and use them. To achieve this goal, an informal document analysis method was used in order to interpret the actual content, create goals and understand the context of the formation of concepts describing coloristics of the cultural landscape. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that two main blocks of concepts are clearly distinguished in the metalanguage of thinking about color. They are formed around the comprehension and detailing of the meanings of an inherent and perceived color, the opposition of which in the description of the coloristics of the cultural landscape still retains its relevance. While the block of concepts for describing an inherent color remains more or less stable, there are noticeable changes in the understanding of perceived color, due to the anthropological turn of modern research on the cultural landscape. The analysis indicates an expansion of the system of terms that are commonly used to describe the deep levels of perception and understanding of color in the context of the cultural landscape, and which define the boundaries of possible judgments. On the other hand, there is a clear increase in attention to the spatial nature of chromatic parameters and their dynamics.

Abstract: The relevance of the research presented in the article is due to new trends in modern education related to the need for competent implementation of the results of modern cross-disciplinary color studies in the process of professional training of design students. The purpose of the work is to use the methodology tested in Sweden and the UK to establish the quantity and quality of knowledge about the color of Russian design students and to compare these parameters with the corresponding indicators of foreign students. The object of the study is the color competence of Russian students, the subject is cross–cultural differences in the principles and mechanisms of using color in everyday design practice. The authors consider in detail the main areas of research that have formed the scientific basis of evidence-based color design. To assess the quantity and quality of students' knowledge about color, a modified method of Janssens & Mikellides was used. The answers were collected during an online survey in which 187 students of the Design program (147 women and 40 men) aged 17 to 48 years took part (average age 20.43, SD=3.5). The main conclusion of the study is that Russian students have a fairly high index of knowledge about color and even surpass students studying in the UK and Sweden by this indicator. The value of the index of general knowledge about color is almost the same for first- and last-year students. A lower index of knowledge about the color vision of elderly people among students starting their studies compared to graduates correlates with differences in the choice of sources of information about color. Undergraduates are experiencing an increase in interest in evidence-based design and a change in the target setting for the use of classical color theory in the development of design solutions in combination with proven empirical data, which reflects the anthropological turn of modern design and urbanism in general. The results of the analysis have both practical and theoretical significance and will contribute to further understanding of art education in the world.