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[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
  
<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Dayflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Dayflower]] + [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Safflower]]'''</font>: Purple is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and red colorant. Dayflower and safflower is the most commonly found combination for purple. Used from early full color printing, it appears to be the preferred mixture even after the introduction of Prussian blue.
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Dayflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Dayflower]] + [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Safflower]]'''</font>: Purple is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and red colorant. Dayflower and safflower is the most commonly found combination for purple. Used from early full color printing, it appears to be the preferred mixture even after the introduction of [[:Category:Prussian Blue: Ukiyo-e colorant|Prussian blue]].  
  
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Due to the fading and/or shifting of dayflower and safflower, the purple can sometimes appear a brownish red/purple. Another frequently seen damage to the purple is water damage. The water soluble dayflower can get dispersed revealing the pink safflower. The appearance of purple in lined prints is also often effected. The water in the paste used to line the print can draw the dayflower into the lining paper effectively removing some of the dayflower colorant from the print as well as driving the dayflower deeper into the paper.
  
 
'''For more information see:''' [[:Category:Dayflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Dayflower]], [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Safflower]]
 
'''For more information see:''' [[:Category:Dayflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Dayflower]], [[:Category:Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant|Safflower]]

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Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai

Dayflower + Safflower: Purple is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and red colorant. Dayflower and safflower is the most commonly found combination for purple. Used from early full color printing, it appears to be the preferred mixture even after the introduction of Prussian blue.

Due to the fading and/or shifting of dayflower and safflower, the purple can sometimes appear a brownish red/purple. Another frequently seen damage to the purple is water damage. The water soluble dayflower can get dispersed revealing the pink safflower. The appearance of purple in lined prints is also often effected. The water in the paste used to line the print can draw the dayflower into the lining paper effectively removing some of the dayflower colorant from the print as well as driving the dayflower deeper into the paper.

For more information see: Dayflower, Safflower

Examples of Dayflower+Safflower in Ukiyo-e Prints

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Analysis

Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy can easily identify turmeric due to its high fluorescence and clear, consistent pattern. Another yellow colorant thought to have been traditionally used, Japanese yellow wood or kihada also fluoresces very brightly but they give very distinctive EEM patterns, making it easy to differentiate between the two. Yellow wood has not been detected so far.

List of Prints

List of prints where indigo was detected

Pages in category "Dayflower/Safflower: Ukiyo-e colorant"

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