Dye colors
These are some dye color that were know around the time of the end of the Roman Republic.
| Name | Color | Ingredient | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrian purple | Purple | Murex shells | Lebanon (Phoenicia) |
| Saffron | Yellow | Saffron plant | Spain and Greece |
| Turmeric | Yellow | Turmeric plant | India |
| Indigo | Deep blue | Indigo plant | India |
| Lac | Red | Lac insect | China and south east Asia |
| Crimson(Kermes) | Red | Kermes insect | Mediterranean region |
| Henna | Brown | Henna tree | North Africa and Egypt |
| Catechu | Brown | Acacia catechu tree | South Asia |
| Vermilion | Red | Cinnabar (mercury sulfide) | common |
| Yellow | Weld plant, Dyer's broom plant | common | |
| Green | Lichen | common | |
| Orange | Plants and fungi containing Carotenoid (**orange carrots first bred in 16th c.) | common | |
| Red | Madder roots | common | |
| Blue | Leaves of Woad plants | common |
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