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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singapore-based dye and chemical manufacturer DyStar has released a new indigo dyeing system that it says will drastically reduce ...

When the outcome of a craft project is a surprise, it's often not a good surprise. My recent experience trying indigo dyeing in Tokyo was an exception to that rule. Dye from the indigo plant has been ...

This new eco-friendly indigo dyeing technology also streamlines the dyeing process for jeans and secures more colour in the jeans than traditional methods. Sergiy Minko, an author of the study and the ...

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 ...

"Shoai-hiyashizome" (refined indigo dyeing) is a dyeing and weaving technique passed down through generations of the Chiba family in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, based on techniques passed down ...

Think about classic blue jeans. The rich color comes from indigo, and it’s so ubiquitous both in fashion and in the American cultural imagination that it’s easy to imagine denim cloth as a naturally ...

Zhou Jiming's Tongxiang Indigo Print Making is one of the oldest workshops for blue floral print cloth in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. Photos by Gao Erqiang / China Daily Today, his workshop is able ...