Colour in Textiles: Colour and the Environment Since the 1990s
Maria Luisa Musso
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón III, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary
During the three last decades of the 20th century in Europe and America, the use of colours reflected people’s thinking and behaviour and was a clear expression of the social premises of the time. Throughout the 1990s colours used were in accord with widespread concerns about the environment: a deeper awareness of the environment in danger because of activities of mankind. Companies from Italy, France, Germany and the USA began to propose textiles and colours with a much reduced environmental impact in their manufacture and use. Colours related to the nature were much in evidence and products using naturally coloured cotton produced without any chemical treatment began to be commercially viable.
Main Sections
- Background
- Environmental Trends
- Into the 21st Century
- Looking for Naturally Coloured Cotton
- Conclusion
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Citation
Maria Luisa Musso, Colour in Textiles: Colour and the Environment Since the 1990s, Colour: Design & Creativity (3) (2008) 7: 1–10.
URL: http://www.colour-journal.org/2008/3/7/