Natural Dyes

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Natural Dyes is written by Dominique Cardon and published by Archetype Publications. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 190498200X (ISBN 10) and 9781904982005 (ISBN 13).

This book describes some 300 plants and 30 animals (marine mollusks and scale insects) that are used as sources for natural dyes. Botanical or zoological details are given for each source and the chemical structures is shown for each dye. Dyes employed by different civilisations, identified by dye analyses, are illustrated and relevant historical recipes and detailed descriptions of dyeing processes by traditional dyers are quoted and explained in the light of modern science. Other current uses of natural colorants, e.g. in medicine and for food and cosmetics, and replacement of synthetic by natural dyes are also noted.