The plants catalogue gives body to the botanical domain of the local color taxonomy of urban dye sources. Botanicals are the largest and most known source of color of the natural dye domains, one that is tightly connected to the different locations and soil compositions of our planet, that has travelled across the globe throughout the centuries – adapting, conquering, supporting the use and extraction of natural dyes. We explore various forms of botanical matter:
seeds, roots, plants, leaves, flowers, fruits, nuts, barks, woods
Each part of a plant is able to produce some color, in different proportion and quantities, becoming useful or superfluous to the practising dyer.
Explore the catalogue below through the filters and find out how these plants are grown, harvested, processed for dyeing textiles. In alternative, explore the processes section for information regarding the steps and the value-chains section to better contextualise the use of these dye sources in the textile field.
