Archroma has entered into a collaboration with Kathmandu. Archroma is a global leader in color and specialty chemicals. Kathmandu is an outdoor brand from New Zealand. Kathmandu has chosen Archroma and its Earth Colors range of plant-based dyes to create a new capsule collection of the brand’s signature hoodies.

Archroma and Kathmandu have teamed up to create an exclusive vintage casual look. The colors available in the capsule collection are slate blue, burnt olive and burlwood rose made from the non-edible parts of nutshells, almond shells, rosemary, saw palmetto, bitter orange and beetroot, left over from agriculture industry or herbal extraction.

Archroma’s Earth Colors is an award winning range of patented plant-based dyes, sourced from up to 100 per cent renewable resources. Archroma developed Earth Colors using non-edible waste products, from agriculture and herbal industries, to replace petroleum derived raw materials, which are the conventional raw materials used to synthesize dyes currently. This gives brands an alternative when looking for more natural ways of dyeing garments.

Earth Colors is probably the first technology allowing colors to be synthesized from plants rather than petroleum while keeping similar performance. Kathmandu has been using recycled materials for over 20 years and is constantly looking for new technologies to develop more sustainable outdoor gear.