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 ...

Imagine wearing a shirt that turns from deep blue to bright red when you’re working out, or a dress that shifts from black to silver as you move from air conditioning into summer heat. The fabric that ...

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 ...

The U.K.’s University of Leeds has launched the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Color (LITAC) to tackle global challenges–such as ones created by fast fashion–and the need for advanced materials, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Side by Side: Color and Textiles” is an exhibition that positions the textile and embroidery work of artists Lialia Kuchma and Anna Kuczma, a Ukrainian American mother-daughter duo, with the work of ...

The future of fashion may be brewing in a vat, thanks to researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Researchers have developed a sustainable method for creating and ...

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 ...