In this image from video, Kiyoko Mori, 65, the head of indigo dye group called Japan Blue, points out at one of displayed indigo dyed artwork at a community center where residents evacuated when the ...

For millennia, fresh cut Indigofera tinctorum was beaten with water and lime to yield the blue dye known as indigo. This is the indigo of the American flag field of stars. It is the signature color of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Indigo; the natural dye that’s history is as vibrant as it’s color. It’s roots run globally from countries in Africa, Asia, and right here in South Carolina. The John’s Island ...

Utah State University Extension is bringing traditional indigo dyeing back into home gardens with a comprehensive three-part guide to growing, extracting, and dyeing with Japanese indigo (Persicaria ...

Baptisia australis, commonly known as blue false indigo or blue wild indigo, is shown in a stock photo. Blue wild indigo is one of two perennial plants that the Kandiyohi County Master Gardeners will ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Indigo naturalis, a dark blue plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, appears to be effective in treating psoriasis, a study in Taiwan has found. Psoriasis is a chronic skin ...

NAWABSHAH Oct 16 The government has been urged to revive plantation of indigofera tinctoria, a plant meant for the production of organic and nature-based dye, popularly known as Neer in Sindh province ...

In this image from video, Yoshiko Ogura, 73, holds fermented indigo leaves she grows at her studio for making organic indigo dye in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 20, ...

MINAMISOMA, Japan — Because of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster a decade ago, farmers in nearby Minamisoma weren’t allowed to grow crops for two years. After the restriction ...