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We engineer nature’s brilliance to pioneer a new approach to colour.
At the heart of the fashion and textiles industry lies an uncomfortable problem: colour — one of the core ingredients of design, beauty and culture — is creating a devastating effect on our planet.
At Colorifix, we have developed a biological process that replaces the use of harmful chemicals to create colour and dye textiles.
Our groundbreaking solution drastically reduces environmental harm while upholding industry standards for quality, without causing social disruption, for maximum positive impact.
Together with our forward-thinking partners, we are leading a global movement to redefine the future of colour. Our mission is simple yet profound: to transform an industry and protect our planet, one colour at a time.
Our technology
A radical approach to making colour that is better for the planet and better for people
First, we identify an organism that produces an interesting colour. This could be one produced by a plant, animal, insect, or microbe.
Using online databases (never a physical specimen) we look at the organism’s DNA and pinpoint the exact genes that lead to the production of that pigment.
We build that DNA and insert it into our Colorifix microbe (a bacteria or yeast). The resulting engineered microbe then acts as a tiny biological factory.
We grow our engineered microbes in a fermentor, the same way beer is brewed. The microbes grow on non-hazardous ingredients and could be agricultural by-products, which are naturally rich in sugars, peptides and salts.
Everything in the fermentor—the microbes, water and residual salts, and sugar — are then pumped into standard dye machines along with the yarn, fabric, or garment to be dyed.
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Collaborations
One of our biggest challenges is changing the behaviour of an industry that has done things in the same way for a very long time. Even if we have a plug-in solution and our direct customers are the mills and dye houses - our partnerships with fashion brands plays a vital role in pushing this change.
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“This capsule is a direct application of PANGAIA’s materials science philosophy of ‘high tech naturalism’ to utilize the abundance of nature and augment it by high tech processes to expand the functionality of our textiles. This is only the beginning for the future of bio fabricated technology.”- Dr. Amanda Parkes, Chief Innovation Officer PANGAIA
“Working with such interesting innovators and their wonderful ideas has been an incredible journey. Colorifix, for example, is the first company to use a natural, biological process to produce and fix pigments onto textiles.” - Ella Soccorsi, Concept Designer at H&M
“Of all the things we’re working with, I probably find Colorifix one of the most – if not the most – exciting, because I think it has the widest possible breadth. If, ultimately you’re going to use nature as your colour bank – well – nature, as we know has fairly infinite colours. I think that there’s just so much possibility.” - Steve Tidball, CEO and founder of Vollebak
