The Science Behind Our Colours
At Oxford Biocolours, we’ve perfected plant-based, colourfast dyes that meet the highest industry standards — ensuring vibrant colours that won’t fade in the sun or bleed in the wash.
Using cutting edge biochemistry we’ve developed our own method to modify natural dyes, giving them the same performance as synthetic dyes, but without the pollution.
Crucially this means our plant-based dyes bind directly to the wool, eliminating the need for mordants, chemicals normally required to bind natural dyes to fibers. This allows our dyes to be used together to create new colours as well as providing a significant water and energy saving during dyeing and reducing our chemical footprint.
Our innovative dyeing process was developed in the lab and scaled with our Scottish dye house partner, using water-saving dyeing machines that help us create beautiful yarns and further minimise our environmental footprint.
And the best part? We’re always innovating — new colours are coming soon!
Natural colour, down to a science
We crafted our first collection based on two things, beautiful colour and successful experiments!
We're always innovating and with innovation comes a whole load of failure with a little bit of success. We want to get our successes into the hands of knitters as soon as we can, so we came up with Covalent Colours, our first collection of beautiful yarns dyed with our technology. Dyed without mordants, won’t fade in sunlight, and won’t bleed in the wash, so the shades you fall in love with stay true through every stitch and every wear.
We believe lasting colour shouldn’t come at the cost of the planet. That’s why our yarns offer the richness and performance of synthetic dyes, without the environmental cost.
Bold. Reliable. Better for the environment. A joy to knit, and made to endure.