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3 colours found.

Red Kermes A deep red dye made from Mediterranean scale insects, once prized for scarlet clothDye · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5

Brown Gambiered Guangdong gauze A silk from Guangdong, China, dyed with plant juice and river mudTraditional colour · 🇨🇳 China +1

Red Brazilwood redybyrapytanga A deep orange-red dye from the heartwood of Brazil’s national treeDye · 🇧🇷 Brazil +1

Photo credits on this page

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

Kermes: MyName ( Gryffindor ) stitched by Marku1988 This panoramic image was c, Public domain, source
Gambiered Guangdong gauze: 方人也, CC BY 2.5, source
Brazilwood red: Der Kolonist, CC BY 2.5, source

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