08-16-2016, 02:10 PM
Hello once more.
Can anyone point me to documentation about what kinds of dyes would be available in Central and Western Asia before the Hellenistic period?
I'm trying to choose some linen for more tunics that at least looks like it's the correct color, if not necessarily using natural dyes. I understand woad and walnuts are native to the area. But I found this rust-red "sedona" very interesting, so I want to know if it's plausible, perhaps by overdyeing red with brown or vice-versa.
Can anyone point me to documentation about what kinds of dyes would be available in Central and Western Asia before the Hellenistic period?
I'm trying to choose some linen for more tunics that at least looks like it's the correct color, if not necessarily using natural dyes. I understand woad and walnuts are native to the area. But I found this rust-red "sedona" very interesting, so I want to know if it's plausible, perhaps by overdyeing red with brown or vice-versa.
Dan D'Silva
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Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
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To pick myself up from under this table...
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Far beyond the rising sun
I ride the winds of fate
Prepared to go where my heart belongs,
Back to the past again.
-- Gamma Ray
Well, I'm tough, rough, ready and I'm able
To pick myself up from under this table...
-- Thin Lizzy
Join the Horde! - http://xerxesmillion.blogspot.com/
