Category | Local Plant Color database

Work Team | Root in + Local Curation

Curator | Frida Liu

Curatorial Team | Wang Kexin, Ou Xinyue, Tong Huijun, Fan Yuchao

Work Materials | Plant-Dyed Color Blocks, Plant Color Application - Art Installations, Plant Color Application - Interior Materials

Creators of Plant Color Application - Art Installations | Sun Hao, Wang Jiaqi, Tong Huijun, Wang Jiahui, Li Xiangyu

Creators/Institutions of Plant Color Application - Interior Materials | Duan Lisha, Italian Alpine Veneer, Beilevis Art Decoration Creative Center, Zizhi Dyeing Studio, Wangshu Paper Art

Material Support | Fuxing Hangluo, Yixuange Rice Paper, Wensli Silk

The Yuhang Urban Micro Aesthetics "Rooted Plant-Based Color" Project employs traditional plant-based dyeing as its core medium. It began with systematic field research and scientific experiments on dye resources and agricultural waste across Yuhang’s wetlands, plains, hills, mountains, and urban ecosystems, extracting 30 distinct local plant colors.

From this, the project constructs four thematic color systems—Liangzhu, Agrarian ，Canal, and Zen Culture —each tracing the evolution of local civilization. Every color is derived from native natural materials and reflects the aesthetic character of its era, carrying deep cultural meaning.

By integrating ancient dyeing wisdom into contemporary urban renewal, the project provides a unique aesthetic resource for Yuhang’s city development, industrial innovation, and cultural tourism—empowering the future city with rooted color and humanistic identity.