The use of plants, soils, and herbs as dye in Vikaal
What do your people use as dye and what is it used for? Hair, ink, fabric, skin, paint?
The plants:
The cithra flower, which comes in the primary colors; red, blue, yellow
--> The flower petals themselves are important for pigment, but the stem of the flower itself is needed to create the paste, along with alcohol and water. If a stem of a cithra is mixed with the petals of another colored cithra, this gived rise to a new color
The soils:
the soils of broi are baby blue, to a periwenkle
--> the soils give a more subtle pigment and are not as intense as the cithra flower pigments
The herbs:
xelio are herbs that can be drank, but also can be used as pigments and dyes.
--> helio herbs give the faintest pigment of the three
Properties
Material Characteristics
the soils of broi can be poisonous if mixed with alcohol, xelio has healing promoting qualities
cithra is just there tbh, doesnt taste good but is harmless- will just make you spend more time in the bathroom
Physical & Chemical Properties
soils of broi are highky flammable, when combined with alcohol they become poisonous.
Origin & Source
the soils of broi are of the broi Islands, thats where they originate from, but ever since the seven deadly wars (?), and due to alot of emmigration, displacement, and the choas of wars, these soils can be found all across vikaal now
Life & Expiration
xelio herbs can store magical qualities- by casting a spell
Type
Biomaterial
Odor
cithra and soils are odorless, xelio has a fruity scent
Taste
Cithra tastes bitter, it is not harmful but its just not pleasant to eat, the soils of broi have a slight saltiness, xelio herbs taste like green tea ig
Color
cithara come in blue, red, yellow, with green stems, soils are light blue and purple,
Common State
all commonly found as solids.
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In response to the prompt What do your people use as dye and what is it used for? Hair, ink, fabric, skin, paint?
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