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Colours of Socotra

2 colours tied to Socotra, Yemen: made there, traded there or named after it.

Red Dragon's blood A deep red resin from several plants, used as pigment, dye and varnish since ancient timesColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +3

Red Dragon's blood (from Dracaena cinnabari) A deep red resin from the Socotra dragon tree, prized as a dye and medicineColour named from nature · 🇾🇪 Yemen +1

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Dragon's blood: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Dragon's blood (from Dracaena cinnabari): Boris Khvostichenko( User:Boriskhv ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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