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 ...

Color and Textiles” positions the textile and embroidery work of Lialia Kuchma and Anna Kuczma alongside Chicago artists.

UK researchers have created the first smart fabric that can change shape and color in response to two different stimuli: heat and electricity. The development opens up new possibilities in various ...

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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 ...

Effective communications between design and color teams have long proved challenging, since the process of measuring color is inherently prone to variation. When unchecked, variation can result in ...

A. Joel Robinson, American, 1915–2012; "Roman Candles Textile," 1951–52; printed linen; 72 × 50 1/2 in. (182.9 × 128.3 cm); Saint Louis Art Museum, Marjorie Wyman Endowment Fund 12:2020 With a focus ...

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 ...