indigo
ઈન્ડિગો
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The planting of indigoes was only by a handful of Hakka farmers in mountain towns, because poor transportation prevented them from acquiring imported dyes.
a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye.
Tuareg and Fulani women wear dark clothes dyed with indigo .
the dark blue dye obtained from the indigo plant.
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Its blue colorant is chemically identical to 'indigo' made from plants of the genus Indigofera, cultivated in Asia.
From it radiated directly the 'indigo' and rice plantations.
But as I slowly looked over to the east, the sky turned from deep black to 'indigo' to azure to ever lighter shades of blue.
It also has some of the best beaches in Greece, with 'indigo' depths and aquamarine shallows.
The sheets are a dark 'indigo' blue, easily mistaken for black if there's nothing blue around to enhance the presence of that color.
Later color theorists generally replaced 'indigo' and violet with just a single hue: purple or violet.
So really, I used an analogous process for the fermentation, which in the case of the 'indigo' was done with a plant material.
Indigo was also a significant earner of Chinese silver, but its replacement by synthetic Prussian blue brought the 'indigo' business to a disastrous end.
I reached for my coat, a deep blue dyed with a plant called 'indigo' , and, after a second's hesitation, also took a pair of wool-lined gloves.
In the sixteenth century El Salvador produced cacao, from which chocolate is made; in the eighteenth century it grew 'indigo' , which yields a blue dye used in clothing.
I could even make out the different 'indigo' and violet stripes, which is rare.
She was wearing a sari, the whole outfit patterned with stylized blossoms that were yellow, while the backround was a rich 'indigo' .
Rich shades of violet and 'indigo' melted into the vast blackness of the sky.
Natural 'indigo' is obtained from the plant indigofera.
Because the blue used was generally 'indigo' , two separate dyebaths were required or, less satisfactorily, green pigments were used.
It has the familiar, but always appealing, 'indigo' and saffron colour scheme and wooden floor of many modern restaurants.
In the Colonial Era, chemical manufacturing was confined to such rudimentary products as 'indigo' dyes, naval stores, leather, glass, soap, and candles.
Portuguese and Genoan sailors used this durable, blue, broad cloth, dyed with 'indigo' , for their bellbottom sailing pants, and it soon became popular with farmers and others.
The sky had vanished, the entire world was painted a dark 'indigo' .
Blue colour was derived from 'indigo' while black was obtained from iron oxide.
Originally, natural dyes from amla, henna, pomegranate, 'indigo' and turmeric were used to dye the silk.
It was usually dyed with 'indigo' , a dye taken from plants in the Americas and India, which made jean cloth a dark blue colour.
Something I left out of the above post, that you might also find amusing is that there was a guy who's job in the factory was to make sure that the 'indigo' did not over ferment.
So there is the possibility to see whether they could produce by a chemical process to dye with 'indigo' rather than a chemical process as at present.
One corner of the obsidian has been cut and polished, and when held in the light it shimmers from 'indigo' to violet.
Vegetable dyes have always been cheaper, the most common in William Perkin's day were madder and 'indigo' , the ancient red and blue dyes.
Others planted truck gardens and sold corn, cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, 'indigo' , watermelons, and gourds at the market for profit.
A proposal from 1822 that calls for the use of paper dyed with blue 'indigo' might be of help.
The aerial part of the plant was used locally for 'indigo' dyeing in ancient time.
Even rarer were certain organic dyes, such as 'indigo' or purple, which had to be impregnated in chalk or the like to make them fast.
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