Kendal green

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Description

A yellowish-greenish dye color. Kendal green was produced by overdying woad (blue) onto cloth prepared with dyer's broom (yellow).

Authority

  • R.J. Adrosko, Natural Dyes in the United States, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1968
  • John and Margaret Cannon, Dye Plants and Dyeing, Herbert Press, London, 1994

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