When I asked a neighbor about what I took to be a trend, she regaled me with the history of a color she called “haint blue”—a story about the violence of indigo production in the South Carolina Low ...

Recognisable for its deep indigo hue – achieved with the use of highly-concentrated dye that abrades from the surface over ...

The story goes that the lyrics to “ Black and Blue ,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at ...

In a high-glamour setting filled with designer wear, Radhikaraje Gaekwad, of the erstwhile royal family of Baroda, made a ...

Gone are the days when hair coloring meant exposing your hair to harsh chemicals. Today, herbal hair color trends are taking ...

Their bio-indigo dye cuts CO2 emissions by up to 50 percent compared to traditional petroleum-based dyes. Traditional indigo dyeing processes rely heavily on petroleum-derived chemicals and generate ...

Blue is also the color of the slave trade: Dyed indigo cloths in West Africa were ... and it was sung by a dark-skinned Black woman who was actually talking about colorism in the Black community ...

Blue is also the color of the slave trade: Dyed indigo cloths in West Africa were traded for human ... The original version of the song actually took place in a Black musical, and it was sung by a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it's effectively banning Red No. 3, the controversial artificial red dye found in food and drinks that's been linked to cancer.

Based on true events, director Damian Harris’ Brave the Dark follows homeless high school senior Nathan Williams (a leather jacket-sporting bad boy played by Nicholas Hamilton), troubled but ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3 last week, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition filed in ...