[Regia-NA] [Fwd: *WH* Fw: [12thcenturygarb] Dye Colours (]

[Hrolf Douglasson]

have got some wonderful vivid greens with weld, iron and water from
scotland..but the madder would only give me oranges there.
where as the madder with copper wouldn't colour at all at a local show:(
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Priest-Dorman" <capriest@cs.vassar.edu>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] [Fwd: *WH* Fw: [12thcenturygarb] Dye Colours (]


> Magnus forwarded:
>
> >This is interesting and useful info if you are looking for acurate (at
> >least
> >in the 12c ) colors for embroidery or cloth.
>
> The group of "accurate" 12th century colors is a great deal larger group
> than this set of DMC numbers.  It is important to recall that more than
one
> result is possible using a particular dyestuff and mordant.  Accordingly,
> madder plus alum might not always result in the DMC 7920 color the
original
> poster suggests.  I've gotten a range of more than a dozen reds just with
> one bag of madder, one bag of alum, and a single consistent water
> source--and that's without even *trying* to vary the shades.  Also, many
of
> the colors from natural dyes don't even appear in the DMC chart:  they're
> too complex and subtle.
>
> Despite its chemical nature, dyeing is an art, not a science--rather like
> cooking.  While helpful, lists of "equivalents" only sketch in a few basic
> lines rather than the whole complex picture.
>
>          TH, *still* trying for that vivid dark green with iron and weld
;>
>
>
> Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
>   http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html
>
>
>
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