Colours from nature
Subtitle: a dyer's handbook
By: Jenny Dean
Publisher: Search Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells, Kent [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781844484683
Subjects: Domestic Dyes and dyeing; Dyes and dyeing; Textile fibers; Dye plants
Other titles: Colors from nature; Dyer's handbook
Notes: Originally published: Shefford, Bedfordshire [England] : Boundary Cottage, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94) and index.
Table of contents: title: Equipment and safety; title: Selecting and preparing materials for dyeing; title: Mordanting; title: Selecting and applying dye colours; title: General instructions for extracting and applying dye colour; title: Making and using colour modifiers; title: Testing for colour potential; title: Testing for light- and wash-fastness; title: Checklist of important reminders; title: Summary of processes; title: Recipes. Yellow ; Orange ; Brown and tan ; Red and pink ; Purple ; Blue ; Green ; Grey ; Black ; Compound colours; title: Using natural dye extracts; title: Further plant sources of dye colour.