 Typical herbs used to make dyes are
- Cow Parsley
- Dyer's Greenwood
- Dyer's Chamomile
- Dyer's Woodruff
- Sorrel
- Rose hips
- Marigolds
- Lady's Bedstraw
- Walnut
- Tansy
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- Field Poppy
- Blackberry
- Elderberry
- Beetroot
- Onion
- Weld
- Goosegrass
- Safflower
- Woad
- Dandelion
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See also our web page on dyeing eggs using herbs.
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Some of the colours made from herbs and wild plants include:
Black: black walnut and yarrow.
Blue: elder, indigo, woad.
Brown: burdock, fennel, onion, poplar.
Gold: Goldenrod, safflower, sunflower (petals), yarrow.
Grey: sunflower (leaves), yarrow.
Green: rosemary, yarrow.
Orange: Bloodroot, sunflower.
Pink: Pokeweed, sorrel.
Purple: Geranium, lady’s bedstraw.
Red: Dandelion, potentilla, St. John’s wort.
Yellow: broom, goldenrod, sage, tansy, yarrow.
Dyer's Chamomile
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