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Exciton dynamics in merocyanine/fulerene blend films made by vacuum deposition and solution processing techniques were investigated by means of steady-state and time resolved fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. Intermolecular charge transfer states are formed during several ps in neat merocianine films, which determine their fluorescence properties. Fullerene additives cause formation of new heterogeneous charge transfer states. Even a small fullerene concentration significantly influences the exciton dynamics by quenching inherent merocianine fluorescent states and causing appearance of new fluorescence bands caused by the charge transfer states between merocyanine and fullerene molecules. All fluorescence bands are quenched in films with high fuler-ence concentration due to the charge carrier generation, and the quenching effect is stronger in vac-uum deposited films.