Some natural dyes and their sources
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Some natural dyes and their sources
colour/class name source
yellow/flavonoid weld
quercetin
safflower seeds, stems, leaves of Reseda luteola
North American oak bark, Quercus tinctoria nigra
dried petals of Carthamus tinctorius
red/anthraquinone kermes
cochineal
alizarin insects, Coccus ilicis
insects, Dactylopius coccus
madder plant roots, Rubia tinctorum
blue/indigoid indigo, woad indigo plant leaves, Indigofera tinctoria L.
purple/indigoid Tyrian purple mollusks, Murex brandaris
black/chroman logwood heartwood, Haematoxylon campechianum L.
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