11-09-2006, 11:49 PM
Quote:Well if there's a natural dye that was used in antiquity that turned wool grayNot hard to do. Just mix black wool with white wool when it's spun, and you have grey. They still do that today. You can get black wool from black sheep, too, but dyeing something black with vegetable dyes is pretty much impossible. Closest you can usually get is a charcoal grey.
Some researchers say that the Asian town of Laodicea was famous for their fine black wool. I'm sure there must have been other places, too.
M. Demetrius Abicio
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(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.