Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Vegetable Dye Rugs


What is vegetable dye ?
Vegetable dye are coloring from all kind of natural products
1. Most common colors are from Plants such as leaves, flowers, seeds, roots and barks.
2. Other colors come from minerals such as ochre and ultramarines.
3. The last colors come from animal like insects

Vegetable dyes has been known since ancient civilization of man kind and has been developed since then.
Unlike chemical dyes that can be hazards to human or creating skin diseases, this vegetable dye might be the solution and give more advantage.
The color of vegetable dye also give an old and wash out looks that creates antique and soft colors in rugs.

2 comments:

  1. Veg. dye rugs are the most beautiful shades...I am in love with hemp and silk blends right now.

    Glad to have found your blog!

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  2. Thanks Michelle for your nice comment. I love veg.dye too, soft looks and antique.
    Hemp and silk blend are nice too, but rougher as it is made from some kind of jute (plants).

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