WAIKOLOA — Wai’ala Ahn and Justin Cool Tripp are happiest when they’re feeling blue. The two harvest and source plants from local farmers and make completely biodegradable dyes from fermented plants.

Earlier this year, the fashion brand founder Susanna Perini went about her life for two weeks with an unusual new look: Her hands and wrists were dyed a deep blue. The coloration came as a result of ...

Indigo dye reduction and fermentation microbiology encompass the study of microbial communities and enzymatic systems that facilitate the conversion of water‐insoluble indigo into a soluble leuco form ...

In A Garden to Dye For (St. Lynn’s, 2014), Chris McLaughlin teaches you how to make the most of your garden by harvesting different plants to create your own clothing dyes. She walks you through each ...

A vat of indigo dye contains the magic of chemistry and the history of ancient civilizations. It’s also the reason your denim jeans are blue. At a recent Blue Hands event, textile artist Melanie Audet ...

In a recent study about ancient ancestors, archaeologists elaborated on the earliest evidence of indigo dyeing, showing that people were grinding inedible plants for special uses nearly 34,000 years ...

KANO, Nigeria – A little indigo, a handful of ash and time. The dye pits in Nigeria's ancient northern city of Kano are said to be the last ones of their kind after five centuries of existence. Many ...