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Natural Dyes for Fabric

We use natural dyes for clothes because people want something non-carcinogenic and not harmful to our environment. Thousands of years ago, people used natural dyes, but for various reasons, especially in the nineteenth century, when synthetic dyes were popularized by Henry Parkin Mauvin in 1856, the use of natural dyes was abolished. Now people understand synthetic dyes harmful to human skin. As a result, they are tending to use natural dyes.

Here is a list of colors and vegetal material that has matured in this color.

Natural Dyed Organic Fabric

Natural Dyes

Ø  Blue: indigo, woad, red cabbage, elderberries, red mulberries, blueberries, purple grapes, dogwood bark

Ø  Grey-black: Blackberries, walnut hulls, iris root

Ø  Red-brown: pomegranates, beets, bamboo, hibiscus (reddish color flowers), bloodroot

Ø  Yellow: bay leaves, marigolds, sunflower petals, St John’s Wort, dandelion flowers, paprika, turmeric, celery leaves, lilac twigs, Queen Anne’s Lace roots, mahonia roots, barberry roots, yellowroot roots, yellow dock roots

Ø  Red-purple: red sumac berries, basil leaves, daylilies, pokeweed berries, huckleberries

Ø  Orange: carrots, gold lichen, onion skins

Ø  Green: artichokes, sorrel roots, spinach, peppermint leaves, snapdragons, lilacs, grass, nettles, plantain, peach leaves

Ø  Brown: dandelion roots, oak bark, walnut hulls, tea, coffee, acorns

Ø  Pink: berries, cherries, red and pink roses, avocado skins and seeds (really!)

Note: You want to be sure to use ripe, mature plant material and always use fresh, not dried. Dried plant material will usually give you muted colors and sometimes no color at all. Chop the plant material very small to give you more surface area. If the plant is tough, like yellow dock roots, smash the root with a hammer to make it fibrous. This will also give you more exposed surface area. If you know you won’t need it for a while, but the plant is at its peak, like nettle, you can chop it up and freeze it for a few months. Just be sure to label it.