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Results for "Woad"

8 colours found.

Woad Glossary

Blue Woad A blue dye once vital to Europe's textile trade, made from the leaves of a flowering plantDye · 🇫🇷 France +3 #80461B Russet A dark brown with a reddish-orange tinge, once the colour of coarse English clothNamed shade

#195905 Lincoln green A yellowish-green cloth colour first made in medieval Lincoln, EnglandNamed shade

Blue Blue A colour long prized in art, faith and dress, from ancient Egypt to modern flagsBasic colour · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5 Blue Coventry blue A blue cloth from Coventry, dyed with woad and known for its lasting colourNamed shade

Yellow Dyer's greenweed A yellow dye plant with golden flowers, found across Europe and TurkeyColour named from nature · 🇹🇷 Turkey

Yellow Weld A plant once prized for its bright yellow dyeDye · 🇫🇷 France +3 #00416A Indigo dye A greenish dark blue made from tropical indigo plants and woadDye · 🇮🇳 India +1

Photo credits on this page

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

Lincoln green: Howard Pyle, Public domain, source
Woad: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Blue: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source
Dyer's greenweed: gailhampshire, CC BY 2.0, source
Weld: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, source

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