Discover the rare Japanese dye murasaki, extracted from Lithospermum erythrorhizon roots. Learn its rich history, cold-extraction method, and how to achieve stunning purples on silk and wool.

They are another classic of the natural dye world. Buckthorn berries, Avignon berries, or best known as; Persian berries. Buckthorn...

Rhamnus frangula on cellulose textiles

Indigo Dye Plants

Low Impact Dyeing as a new way to create impressive green blues.

Madder Crop History in the Netherlands

Dyeing with alder buckthorn bark (Rhamnus)

Some colours (especially light fast) are hard to create with natural dyes, certain shades of purple, orange and greens. For these shades...

Logwood made with a mordant called prune de monsieur, extracted from 18th century recipes.

Logwood dye, in three different hues

Setting up an Indigo vat using Hydros as the reducer

Mordants, tannins, assists and modifiers in natural dyeing and eco printing, what are they, and what are they not.

Creating deep black hues from natural dyes in four steps.

All about the magic combination of tannins with iron

How to make beautiful inks for writing and painting from natural materials.

Dye experiments using different alum based mordants

Using Genista Tictoria, Dyer's Greenweed as a yellow dye source

4 Natural Dyes you can use without the need of a mordant. Most natural dyes really need a good mordanting, either aluminium based...