Dyes can be used to imbue fabrics with a happy, welcoming spirit. Using just fabric dye, hot water, and salt, experiment with the practice of creating your own hues. Give plain white cotton dish ...

Pigments are uncommon in the textile industry because, unlike dyes, they are insoluble in water and need a binder to stick to fabrics. The acrylic and polyurethane binders typically used can make ...

In a significant stride towards sustainable textile manufacturing, scientists have ingeniously harnessed the capabilities of ...

There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...

Have you ever admired the dusky, softly aged color of an antique drapery or piece of upholstered furniture and wished you could re-create the look on a newer fabric? There’s actually a very simple way ...

Fabrics with electrical functionality have been around for several years, but are very rarely used in mainstream clothing. The fabrics are very expensive and the supply can be unreliable. Frustrated ...

This designer developed a safer, simpler, and healthier solution to conventional fabric dye—using scraps of old fruits and veggies. Nicole Stjernsward, a London-based design technologist, has ...

Synthetic fabrics do not absorb the dye as well as natural ones do, and they will produce colour shades different to those indicated on the packaging. The final colour will always depend on the ...

Initially, the researchers genetically modified the metabolic pathway of a strain of Komagataeibacter xylinus bacteria to ...