True Colors presents the work and vision of twenty-six natural dye artists from around the world, opening a window into their culture, their lives, and the power of color. The artist’s stories are organized by color and begin with white, traveling through the spectrum to blues, purples, reds, pinks, golds, arriving at varying hues of green. The colors are as extraordinary as the artists themselves.

True Colors is about artists who create color from natural materials, and about the historical importance and environmental sustainability of this practice. Deep conversations with twenty-eight artisans from every part of the globe reveal their wisdom, traditions, and know-how —and suggest that we ignore what they know at our peril. Traditional approaches to making color offer sustainable options to a fashion system badly in need of them and memorable cultural narratives to a world hungry for beauty and spirituality.

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-1733519851
• Product Dimensions: 9.25 x 1 x 11.25 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

About this collaboration

Keith Recker is president and co-founder of HAND/EYE magazine and a board member and creative director of the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe. His previous book, PANTONE: The Twentieth Century in Color, has been translated into eleven languages.