Article Info
- Article Title
- Dye It! First Natural Dyes
- Issue date
- Spring 2025
- Issue number
- 48
- Issue topic
- Hue
- Description
This article discusses some of the earliest natural dyes used in various traditions and the mordants (sometimes toxic) that were used. It looks more deeply into three natural dyes (which are then used to dye the fiber for the wall hanging project described in this issue): fustic yellow, madder, and indigo.
- Article topic list
- dyeing, natural dyeing, color
