Red Tunics? (Dyeing with Madder)

[Martin Moser]

A good address for any kind of painting or dyeing material (and seems to be cheaper than aurorasilk) is

http://kremer-pigmente.de/englisch/homee.htm

German company but they have a shop in the US as well:

247 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212.219-2394 or 1-800 995 5501
Fax: 212.219-2395
(between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue)

(as I said before they also sell real purple, if you get promoted, that is)

[caiusbeerquitius]

Yup, that´s agreat shop. www.naturtuche.de sells madder and other things, like Indigo, as well.

[Steve Schonberger]

Is this the same stuff Romans would have used to dye horse hair for crests, assuming they wanted them red?