A George Washington University researcher has identified a 6,200-year-old indigo-blue fabric from Huaca, Peru, making it one of the oldest-known cotton textiles in the world and the oldest known ...

Although Prussian blue is a popular pigment, its stability has been questioned since its discovery in 1704. Its stability upon exposure to light and anoxia remains difficult to apprehend. The present ...

Blue textiles appear in Egyptian tombs, such as in Pharao Tuntankhamon's tomb, and on Minoan palace frescoes, always associated with elite status. The presence of such sophisticated textiles at ...

Archaeologists at a Bronze Age site in Turkey unearthed two ancient burnt textiles: a blue knitted fabric and a woven fragment, photos show. Photo from the Beycesultan archive via Maner, Abay, Karadağ ...

Matthew Martin is Curator of International Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Victoria and the co-curator of the exhibition Blue: Alchemy of a Colour. We’re used to thinking about the colour ...

Indigo dye may be older — and more American — than previously assumed. In a study published Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers report scraps of indigo-dyed fabric found in Peru that dated back ...