Indigo dye is an organic compound with a distinctive blue color. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus...
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Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue. The word comes from the ancient dye of the same name. The term "indigo" can refer to...
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would definitively identify the dyes used in ancient textiles has rarely been conducted, and even when a dye such as indigo blue is detected it is impossible...
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Indigofera tinctoria (redirect from True indigo)
also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. True indigo is a shrub 1–2 metres...
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Navy blue (section Indigo dye)
Dictionary has a citation from 1813. Indigo dye is the color that is called Añil (the Spanish word for "indigo dye") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide...
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Persicaria tinctoria (redirect from Japanese indigo)
include Chinese indigo, Japanese indigo and dyer's knotweed. It is native to Eastern Europe and Asia. The leaves are a source of indigo dye. It was already...
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Look up Indigo or indigo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indigo is a color between blue and violet. Indigo or INDIGO may also refer to: IndiGo, a low-cost...
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invertebrate dyes Tyrian purple and crimson kermes were highly prized luxury items in the ancient and medieval world. Plant-based dyes such as woad, indigo, saffron...
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Bengal under Company rule, indigo planting became more and more commercially profitable because of the demand for blue dye in Europe. It was introduced...
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American South, but the tradition survived well after the decline in indigo dye cultivation. The word haint is an alternative spelling of haunt, which...
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Champaran Satyagraha (category Indigo dye production)
were forced to grow some indigo on a portion of their land as a condition of their tenancy. This indigo was used to make dye. The Germans had invented...
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especially indigo, must be treated after dyeing by 'soaping' to prevent the dye from rubbing (crocking) off. Vat dyes can be used to simultaneously dye the fabric...
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Tyrian purple (redirect from Tyrian dye)
achieved by double-dipping the cloth, once in the indigo dye of H. trunculus and once in the purple-red dye of B. brandaris. The Roman mythographer Julius...
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Hexaplex trunculus (redirect from Banded dye-murex)
purple-blue indigo dye. Ancient Mediterranean cultures, including the Minoans, Canaanites/Phoenicians, Hebrews, and classical Greeks created dyes from the...
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leaks. In urologic surgery, intravenous indigo carmine can be used to highlight portions of the urinary tract. The dye is filtered rapidly by the kidneys from...
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Indigofera (redirect from Indigo plant)
the dye indigo. Scraps of Indigo-dyed fabric likely dyed with plants from the genus Indigofera discovered at Huaca Prieta predate Egyptian indigo-dyed...
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Blue (section Dyes for textiles and food)
coloured with the vegetable dye woad until it was replaced by the finer indigo from America. In the 19th century, synthetic blue dyes and pigments gradually...
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Mima, Tokushima (section Indigo dye)
gatherings of local residents and enthusiasts interested in pottery, indigo dye, flower arranging, dancing, shamisen, etc. It may also be used for wedding...
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dye is indigo, once obtained only from plants but now often produced synthetically. Although almost all dyeing can be done in a vat, the term vat dye...
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Manor, in Oxfordshire. To print the pattern Morris used the painstaking indigo dye textile printing method he admired above all forms of printing. He first...
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Aniline (redirect from Aniline dye)
Aniline (from Portuguese anil 'indigo shrub', and -ine indicating a derived substance) is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2. Consisting of a...
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more than 5,000 years. Natural insect dyes such as Tyrian purple and kermes and plant-based dyes such as woad, indigo and madder were important elements...
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Indigofera suffruticosa (category Plant dyes)
as roadsides and fallow fields. Anil is commonly used as a source for indigo dye, and if mixed with Palygorskite clays, can produce Maya blue, a pigment...
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early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, saltpetre, tea, and later, opium. The company also...
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6,6'-Dibromoindigo (category Indigo structure dyes)
known as Tyrian purple, a dye of historic significance. Presently, it is only a curiosity, although the related derivative indigo is of industrial significance...
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Hair coloring (redirect from Hair dye)
usually contain ingredients from other plants and even synthetic dyes. Indigo is natural dye from a plant (Indigofera tinctoria, I. suffructicosa, or I. arrecta)...
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Plantation economy (section Indigo plantations)
rice, kapok, sisal, and species in the genus Indigofera, used to produce indigo dye. The longer a crop's harvest period, the more efficient plantations become...
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Persian blue (redirect from Persian indigo)
centuries due to the fact that it was easy and inexpensive to use indigo dye to dye navy uniforms. New Age Metaphysics The metaphysical books (on topics...
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