Freelance Textile Colour Consultant & Colourist

About Glanz Fabrics

Glanz Fabrics is a Mumbai-based fabric house serving fashion designers, brands and discerning retail customers. We work across a wide range of fabrics, fibres, constructions and surface techniques, with a strong focus on sourcing unique and high-quality textiles from India and international markets.

We are looking for a Freelance Textile Colour Consultant & Colourist with an exceptional eye for colour to help us build and curate colour palettes for our range of dyeable fabrics.

This is a part-time, on-site freelance role in Mumbai, with the potential to develop into a long-term association.

The Role

You will be responsible for helping Glanz develop the right colour direction for our dyeable fabric collection.

This is a highly creative role for someone who can look at a fabric and immediately understand which colours will make it look beautiful, relevant, premium and commercially desirable.

You will work closely with our procurement and product development team to develop colour palettes, colourways and dyeing directions across different fabrics and fibres.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop colour palettes for Glanz's dyeable fabric collections.
• Recommend colours based on the fabric, fibre, construction, texture, finish and end use.
• Develop seasonal and evergreen colour stories for different fabric categories.
• Identify missing or commercially relevant colours within our existing collection.
• Recommend colours that feel contemporary, sophisticated and premium.
• Create colourways and coordinated colour combinations across fabrics.
• Work with Pantone references, particularly Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors / TCX, where appropriate.
• Review and guide colour development through lab dips and physical fabric samples.
• Evaluate how colours behave differently across fibres and fabric constructions.
• Communicate colour directions and specifications clearly to suppliers and dyeing partners.
• Research fashion and textile colour trends and translate them into commercially relevant fabric colours.
• Help develop and maintain a structured Glanz Colour Library.
• Collaborate with the procurement and creative teams on new fabric developments and collections.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone with an exceptional natural sense of colour.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in textile design, fashion colour, fabric development, textile dyeing or colour consultancy.
• A strong understanding of colour theory and colour relationships.
• Excellent visual judgement and an eye for sophisticated, premium colour combinations.
• Understanding of how dyes and colours behave across different fibres and fabric constructions.
• Experience working with Pantone / textile colour standards.
• Understanding of lab dips and colour approval processes.
• Awareness of current and emerging fashion and textile colour trends.
• The ability to translate trends into colours that are commercially viable.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A strong aesthetic sensibility and willingness to experiment.

Ideal Background

Candidates from backgrounds such as:

• Textile Design
• Fashion Design
• Textile Colour & Dyeing
• Textile Product Development
• Fashion Colour Consulting
• Fabric Sourcing & Development
• Textile Mills / Dye Houses
• Fashion Brands
• Export Houses
• Textile Manufacturing

are encouraged to apply.

We are more interested in your colour eye and textile understanding than your degree or job title.

Important

This is not a conventional graphic design role.

We are specifically looking for someone who understands colour on real fabric, not just colour on a screen.

You should be able to look at a fabric swatch and answer:

What colours should we develop this fabric in, and why

Working Arrangement

Position: Freelance Textile Colour Consultant & Colourist

Location: Mumbai

Work Mode: On-site

Employment Type: Part-time / Freelance

Working Days: Flexible, to be mutually agreed

Experience: Preferably 5+ years in textiles, fashion or colour development

Compensation: Competitive freelance remuneration, based on experience and expertise

How to Apply

Please send:

1. Your CV / LinkedIn profile
2. Portfolio or examples of your work
3. Examples of colour palettes, textile colourways or fabric developments you have worked on
4. A brief note explaining your experience with textile colour development and dyeing
5. Your expected freelance fee / hourly or monthly rate
6. Your availability for on-site work in Mumbai

Candidates with an exceptional colour sense and strong textile knowledge are especially encouraged to apply.

Location: Mumbai | On-site | Part-Time | Freelance