1. are there any historical references for this color? I know that
dandelion flowers produce a yellow dye.
I don't know about dandelions but you can get magenta and fuschia
from fermented lichen dyes.
2. no mordant implies that it would not be color fast.
I've done a tiny bit of experimenting and even though I got some
vibrant shades, they were _extremely_ fugitive to light. My wool and silk
samples that were exposed to even indirect sunlight faded to gray within
two weeks. The samples that were kept in the dark are still bright,
though.
3. are there any historical references to a magenta like color being
produced with some other dye stuff?
Yes, orchil producing lichens and murex shellfish (Tyrian purple).
Or any suggestions where I might look for more information?
A book or website on lichen dyes/orchil should have something.
I'm away from my books but I think one of them is Craft of the Dyer,
Colour from Plants and Lichens by Casselman(sp?).
One website is
http://www.ravensgard.org/gerekr/Orchil.html . She has a picture with
color samples.
--annora
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