What is the truest blue? Is it one of Mother Nature’s gifts, the majestic cerulean of a cloudless sky? Or the gleaming aqua ...

People have been wearing blue jeans for centuries. Originally, the blue color came from a natural indigo dye. The dye was chosen for the way it interacted with cotton. When heated, most dyes ...

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times Once the only blue dye in Europe ... But over time, the plant was supplanted by indigo from Asia and, later, artificial dyes, said Chantal Armagnac ...

Blue may be a universally beloved color ... in the Carolinas which became a cheaper source of the dye." The complexity and elusiveness of indigo immediately piques my curiosity, and I'm not ...

breathing new life into the deep hue known as Japan blue. He shares his thoughts on innovating indigo. He's dedicated to the ancient technique of using the leaves of the indigo plant to dye ...

Production of indigo dye was a major industry in 19th century Bengal, India. Indigo factories were sited on river valleys for the water supply, and because indigo plants (several species of ...