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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Any natural organic colorant obtained from [ | + | Any natural organic colorant obtained from [[lichen%20dyes|lichen]], [[fungus|fungi]], or plants (wood, bark, roots, leaves, fruits, or flowers). Vegetable dyes are usually water-soluble extractions that are then precipitated onto substrates, fibers, or mordants. Examples are [[indigo|indigo]], [[logwood|logwood]], [[madder|madder]], [[archil|archil]], [[chay%20root|chay root]], [[morinda|morinda]], [[alkanet|alkanet]], [[purpurin|purpurin]], [[turmeric|turmeric]], [[turnsole|turnsole]], [[lokao|lokao]], [[henna|henna]], [[weld%20dye|weld]], [[saffron|saffron]], and [[buckthorn%20berries|buckthorn berries]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 10 May 2016
Description
Any natural organic colorant obtained from lichen, fungi, or plants (wood, bark, roots, leaves, fruits, or flowers). Vegetable dyes are usually water-soluble extractions that are then precipitated onto substrates, fibers, or mordants. Examples are Indigo, Logwood, Madder, Archil, Chay root, Morinda, Alkanet, Purpurin, Turmeric, Turnsole, Lokao, Henna, weld, Saffron, and Buckthorn berries.
Synonyms and Related Terms
vegetable dyes; vegetal dyes ; teinture végétale (Fr.); colorant végétal (Fr.); colorante vegetal (Esp.); corante vegetal (Port.)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 283
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- John and Margaret Cannon, Dye Plants and Dyeing, Herbert Press, London, 1994
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000