Natural Dye and Mordant Instructions

 

General Dye Instructions

Immersion Dyeing
Easy, step-by-step instructions for general natural dyeing by immersion method.
Earth Oxides
Instructions for using the many colors of Earth Oxides


Mordants, etc.

Glaubers Salts dry crystals : 3 lbs. Color pusher: dye leveler
Gum Tragacanth dry powder : 1 oz. Surface Design Thickener
Iron dry crystals Color changer
Potassium Alum dry crystal : 5 lbs. Pre-treatment mordant
Soda Ash dry powder Washing Soda
Soy Milk Kit Soybeans (3#) muslin: 1/4 measuring cup: recipe Make soymilk for earth oxides/indigo. Fabric sizing.
Tannin dry extract Color: Light brown (also mordant)
Tartaric Acid dry crystal Color enhancer (also discharge)
Thiourea Dioxide dry crystals Reducing agent for indigo (also discharge)


Natural Dyes

Brazilwood dry extract Color: Hot earthy red to brick

Caribbean

Dry extract mixture

Color: Turquoise

Chestnut dry extract Color: Light brown (also Mordant)
Cochineal dry extract Color: Red to Fuchsia.
Cochineal whole bugs Color: Red to Fuchsia
Cutch dry extract Color: Warm red-brown
Fustic liquid extract Color: Old world yellow (red base)
Gall Nuts dry extract Color: Dusty gold
Henna powder Color: Fresh Spring Green
Himalayan Rhubarb dry extract Color: Olive Gold
Indigo dry extract Color: Deepest blues
Kamala dry extract Color: Hot jungle yellow
Lac dry extract Color: Dusty rose to Merlot
Logwood Purple dry extract Color: Royal purple
Madder dry extract (rubia cardifolia) Color: Orange-red
Madder
liquid extract (rubia tinctoria)
Color: Turkey Red
Myrobalan dry extract Color: Light aged yellow (also mordant)
Osage Orange dry extract Color: Orange yellows to gold
Persian Berries
liquid extract
Color: Lemon yellow
Pomegranate dry extract Deep greened gold.
Quebracho Black dry extract Color: Deep brown

Quebracho Brown

dry extract

Color:  warm tan

Quebracho Green dry extract Color: Bronzed green
Quebracho Red dry extract Color: Brick red
Red Sandalwood dry extract Color: Copper to red brown
Tesu dry extract Color: Gold (green base)
Walnut dry crystals Color:Earthy umber
Wattle dry extract Color: Light red-based brown (also mordant)
Weld
dry extract
Color: Summer yellow


Earth Oxides

Name Summary Detail
Bison Earth Oxide: dry powder Tawny Brown
Campfire Earth Oxide: dry powder Orange-based Red
Cast Iron Earth Oxide: dry powder Deep Gray
Chimney Rock Earth Oxide: dry powder Slickrock Red
Daffodil Earth Oxide: dry powder Yellow Ochre
Desert Peach Earth Oxide: dry powder Pink-based Soft Red
Plum Creek Earth Oxide: dry powder Warm Purpled Brown
Stagecoach Red Earth Oxide: dry powder Warm Browned Red
Timber Wolf Earth Oxide: dry powder Warm Grayed Brown
Midnight
Earth Oxide: dry powder
Pitch Black
General Instructions for Dyeing with Earth Oxides


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