In a message dated 3/1/2008 5:01:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When did aniline dyes become widespread? OT was set in the 1840's, so bottle green could/would have been duller than we're used to today, correct? The first aniline dye, mauve, was discovered in 1856. It was a few years before aniline greens hit the market. Before that, dyeing green was almost always at least a two-step process--dyeing with indigo blue and then overdyeing with a yellow (or vice versa). Since indigo is a vat dye, one can't just mix blue and yellow in a dye bath to get green. There was one natural green, lo-kao, imported from China by the mid-19th century, but it is a very vibrant bright green, not at all what one would use for men's wear. It was a novelty and mostly used to dye silk for women's dresses. Ann Wass **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
