To raise awareness about environmental issues and provide a way to keep warm without turning on the heating, Dutch design studio Raw Color has created the Temperature Textiles collection, which is ...

Fashion and textiles may be among the last places you’d expect to see innovation. But college researchers in Florida have figured out a revolutionary fabric that can alter its color with a mild change ...

The desire to apply color to a surface is intrinsic to human nature and humans have searched for natural sources of color since prehistoric times. They found out that some minerals could be ground to ...

This year, AATCC brings its highly regarded Color Management Workshop to California, offering West Coast professionals a convenient opportunity to learn from leading industry experts. The workshop ...

This week, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) hosted “An Evening of Color” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event celebrated the Science History Institute's exhibit ...

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Archaeologists are now turning to forensic crime lab techniques to hunt for dyes, paint, and other decoration in prehistoric textiles. Although ancient fabrics can offer clues about prehistoric ...

Chemists have developed a way to extract natural dyes from ancient textiles while preserving the unique chemical characteristics of each dye. The technique enables the researchers to then identify the ...