Using food scraps and natural materials to dye fabrics in beautiful pastel shades is a growing craft movement. We asked an expert how to get started with natural dyeing at home. Welcome to The ...

Substandard fabric from Himei Akira's dye works is now being made into a new composite material. With its wood-grain pattern, it's useful in everything from furniture to small accessories.

Think about your favorite shirt. What color is it — and how did it become that color? The dye manufacturer tested different types of fabrics to see how the color would look on each. The manufacturer ...

and what dyeing material has been employed. This cannot always be de-elded by the appearance ; for example, in the case of a dark blue, the question rises whether the ground is pure indigo or pure ...

dyes into the mix during the spinning process, producing a series of fibers that changed color as the temperature of the ...