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Red Red红 / 紅 (hóng), Красный (Krasny) A colour linked with luck, love, courage and ceremony in cultures worldwideBasic colour · 🇨🇳 China +5 Orange Argythamnia heterantha A Mexican shrub whose orange seed endosperm colours and flavours foodColour named from nature · 🇲🇽 Mexico Purple and violet Turnsole A medieval dye from Chrozophora tinctoria, shifting from blue to red with acidityDye Blue Azuline A blue synthetic dye from coal tar, used for silk in the 1860sDye Yellow Gamboge (from Garcinia cambogioides) A yellow resin from the Garcinia cambogioides tree, used in food, paint and medicineColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +2 Blue Disperse blue dye A family of blue dyes used mainly for synthetic fabricsDye Blue Yeomsaek염색 Traditional Korean dyeing using natural colourings, especially indigoTraditional colour Blue Croconate blue A synthetic blue dye made from croconic acid and malononitrileDye Purple and violet Croconate violet A synthetic violet dye made from croconate and malononitrileDye Purple and violet Purple sweet potato color A natural purple food colouring from specially bred sweet potatoesDye · 🇯🇵 Japan Green CBQCA reagent A dye for detecting proteins by turning fluorescent green when boundDye Orange Pyrylium-1 A dye that turns fluorescent orange when it binds to aminesDye Purple and violet Chrozophoridin The blue-purple dye compound from the fruit of Chrozophora tinctoriaDye · 🇫🇷 France +2 Red Puccoon A group of North American plants once used for dye from their rootsColour named from nature · 🇨🇦 Canada Blue Marking blue A blue dye for marking metal in machining and layout workDye Yellow Terminalia dhofarica dye A yellow to yellow-green dye made from the leaves of a South Arabian treeDye · 🇴🇲 Oman +1 Yellow Borututu A yellow colouring from the bark of an African tree, used in Ghana and AngolaColour named from nature · 🇦🇴 Angola +1 Yellow Zafferano dell'Aquila A prized saffron grown on the Navelli plateau in Abruzzo, ItalyColour named from nature · 🇮🇹 Italy Yellow Zeinoxanthin A rare yellow carotenoid found in corn and linked to eye healthPigment Yellow Bisdemethoxycurcumin A yellow pigment and curcuminoid found in turmeric rootPigment Yellow Navajo tea dye A yellow to orange dye made from a wildflower used by the NavajoDye · 🇨🇦 Canada +1 Red Iodonitrotetrazolium chloride A chemical that forms a rusty red dye when reduced in lab assaysPigment Brown Gambier A yellow-brown plant extract used as dye, tannin and traditional medicineDye · 🇮🇩 Indonesia +4 Purple and violet Pigment Violet 29 A dark red-purple pigment used in paints, inks, and dyesPigment Yellow Quercitron A yellow dye made from the bark of the Eastern Black Oak treeDye Red Phlobaphene A group of reddish, water-insoluble plant pigments found in bark and seedsPigment Yellow Yellow kamala A yellow dye from the fruit covering of an Australian rainforest treeDye · 🇦🇺 Australia Yellow Hairy puccoon A yellow-flowered plant whose roots yield a red dyeColour named from nature · 🇺🇸 United States Brown Little-leaf mountain mahogany dye A reddish-brown dye made from the tap-root bark of a desert shrubDye · 🇺🇸 United States Black Sulfur dye A group of dyes mainly used for dark colours on cotton fabricsDye · 🇨🇳 China Purple and violet Berberis fremontii purple A purple dye from the berries of a North American barberry shrubColour named from nature · 🇲🇽 Mexico Purple and violet Dyebush A desert shrub used for dyes and stainsColour named from nature Blue Dianella sandwicensis blue dyeʻukiʻuki A blue dye once made from the berries of the Hawaiian lilyDye Red Morindone A red dye from the roots of Morinda plants, mainly grown in IndiaDye · 🇮🇳 India Yellow Cryptolepis yellow A yellow dye from the roots of a West and Central African climbing shrubDye · 🇸🇳 Senegal +3 Red PTCDA A dark red organic compound used to make Rylene dyes and pigmentsPigment Blue Formazan A group of synthetic dyes with colours from dark blue to deep red or orangePigment Yellow Symplocos tinctoria yellow A yellow dye once made from the bark and leaves of a North American treeColour named from nature · 🇺🇸 United States Orange Orange B A synthetic azo dye once used to colour hot dog and sausage casings in the United StatesDye · 🇺🇸 United States Yellow Martius yellow A synthetic yellow dye once used for wool and in laboratory stainingDye Brown Ephedra cutleri dye A dye from a desert shrub used for light tan or reddish coloursColour named from nature · 🇺🇸 United States Blue Bluing A blue dye added to laundry to make white fabrics look brighterTraditional colour · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom +5 Red Haematoxylum brasiletto A Central American tree whose heartwood gives red and pink dyesColour named from nature · 🇲🇽 Mexico +5 Red Sudan Red G A yellowish red azo dye used for colouring fats, waxes, and some plasticsDye Red Chay root dyeசாயா வேர் A red dye from the root bark of a plant native to IndiaDye · 🇮🇳 India Red Apoplanesia paniculata red dye A red dye from a Yucatan tree, once used in Maya murals and paperDye · 🇲🇽 Mexico +1 Blue Viologen Organic compounds that switch between blue, violet and yellow when reduced or oxidisedPigment Yellow Garcinia cowa yellow A yellow dye from the bark of the Garcinia cowa tree in tropical AsiaColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +5

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