Well, the color indigo just made news. Indigo gets its name from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and its relatives, which supply the dye that makes fabric the rich, beautiful color between blue and ...

For millennia, cultures around the globe have harnessed the blue hues of the Indigofera tinctoria plant, laying the foundation for a global passion for indigo textiles. While the dye's nature may ...

“As indigo was in high demand at that time, my great grandfather Janab Mohideen Basha took up the cultivation of Indigofera Tinctoria, a plant known to produce a good quality indigo dye.

The unassuming plant that grows wild in ... but there was a time when the indigofera tinctoria was among the most prized in the world. Indeed, indigo—a dye derived from fermenting the leaves ...

Henna : Derived from the Lawsonia inermis plant, henna provides a reddish-brown colour and is often used for rich, warm tones. 2. Indigo: Extracted from the Indigofera tinctoria plant, indigo is ...

Here, where the green rolling hills are dissected by the Yom River and its tributaries, the acanthus and indigofera tinctoria plants central to indigo production flourish. Indigo — and ...

officials said the British had brought “indigofera tinctoria” and crop growth was badly affected in Bangladesh. This plant was primarily used for dye production. One of the organic farmers in ...

The key element is indigo, a natural pigment derived by fermenting leaves of the Indigofera tinctoria shrub, known locally as khram in Sakon Nakhon province. Many villagers, especially older women ...