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It might seem odd to outlaw a pigment, but that’s what European monarchs did in a strangely zealous campaign against indigo. The ancient blue dye, extracted in an elaborate process from the ...

Indian yellow was also used to dye cloth, paint frescoes, and embellish doors and walls. The name itself, in all likelihood, was informed by the colonial gaze. Indian yellow subsequently travelled to ...

color considerations is constructed from ‘test’ swatches from many dye baths and sewn together to make a spectrum. Dyes: goldenrod, annatto, coreopsis, oak, onion skin, weld, acorn cap, madder, ...

Here's how natural indigo is still grown and fermented in Japan, despite the fashion industry's dependence on synthetic dyes.