The Mushroom Shade Atlas: An Interactive Internet Website Lets You Discover the Unbelievable Spectrum of Colours Created from Fungi

Enter the Mush­room Col­or Atlas, and you’ll dis­cov­er the “beau­ti­ful and sub­tle col­ors derived from dye­ing with mush­rooms.” Fea­tur­ing 825 col­ors, every asso­ci­at­ed with dif­fer­ent forms of mush­rooms, the inter­ac­tive atlas allows you to appre­ci­ate the broad spec­trum of col­ors latent within the enjoyable­gi king­dom. The shades, tints, and hues will sur­prise you.

Julie Beel­er, a design­er liv­ing in Ore­gon, first launched the inter­ac­tive Mush­room Col­or Atlas again in 2021. Now, she has launched a com­pan­ion ebook, The Mush­room Col­or Atlas: A Information to Dyes and Pig­ments Comprised of Enjoyable­gi. Illus­trat­ed by Yuli Gates, the ebook is “equal components artwork ebook, area information, and col­or dis­til­la­tion work­store.” You may order your copy at the moment. The identical goes for a Mush­room Col­or Atlas poster.

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