When Leia Lewis saw the movie, Daughters of the Dust, a scene where the hands of a character, blue from using the indigo plant dye, had a deep impact on her. She describes the moment as a spiritual ...

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 ...

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 ...

When James Young brews a batch of natural dye from plants he has grown or foraged, he knows something even more indelible than the new color of a white cloth will emerge from the bath. He is infusing ...

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 ...

Blue jeans are an iconic staple of just about any wardrobe. But all that denim has a dirty secret: the dye that makes blue jeans so ubiquitous is actually made from fossil fuels and toxic chemicals.