In a message dated 3/1/2008 3:26:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And let's not forget about Scheele's Green and Emerald Green--Wikipedia lists them at 1775 and 1814 respectively. Neither one would have been very pleasant to encounter due to the arsenic content. Technically those are pigments, not dyes, but they were eventually used to color garments--you are correct. However, I think they were used to paint walls and color wallpapers before they were used to color garments. (Pigments require a binder to adhere to fabric, rather than being absorbed into the fabric--probably one reason whey the arsenical greens were the basis of horror stories about women wearing garments colored witht them.) 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 h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
