Wearing a straw hat and rubber boots, Rowland Ricketts harvested a crop of indigo plants at the corner of 10th Street and Pete Ellis Drive. The gentle hum of his harvester's engine was drowned out by ...

I n a recent study about ancient ancestors, archaeologists elaborated on the earliest evidence of indigo dyeing, showing that ...

Randy Battle visits Gretchen Johnson at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to learn about native and imported plants used to make dyes for fabric. Featured on VHG episode 2503, May 2025 ...

AMMAN — As most dye used for our daily life products have become synthetic, natural dye from Indigofera tinctoria (also known as “true indigo”) are still available, thanks to the dedicated efforts of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Eliza Lucas Pinckney was a badass. The Charlestonian lass has been credited with bringing indigo ...

The natural dyestuff maker Stony Creek Colors is expanding its pact with the dye and pigment maker Archroma to bring plant-based indigo dye to industrial scale. Archroma will implement Stony Creek’s ...

As sustainability becomes less of a want and more of a need for consumers, the fashion industry is exploring innovative ways to enhance its eco-friendly practices and find alternatives to conventional ...

The partnership between Israeli company Sonovia and Italian denim mill PureDenim is getting support from a leader in luxury fashion. French luxury group Kering entered an agreement to develop and ...

New Delhi, May 29 Scientists have found that natural indigo dye, extracted from leaves of a plant of the bean family, is capable of protecting the human eye from harmful laser radiation. It can be ...

In this image from video, Yoshiko Ogura, 73, holds fermented indigo leaves she grows at her studio for making organic indigo dye in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 20, ...

Various plant species can produce natural indigo dye, but ‘Persicaria tinctoria,’ also known as Chinese or Japanese indigo, is a favorite among Southern Californians who like to grow their own for ...