Dyes_8

Konya prayer rug fragment from central Anatolia. The key to a broad palette of vibrant colour in old rugs is the presence of a good lightfast yellow dye which, when added to the dyeing processes of the other primary colours, indigo blues or madder reds, produces a range of secondary and tertiary colours.

Konya prayer rug fragment from central Anatolia. The key to a broad palette of vibrant colour in old rugs is the presence of a good lightfast yellow dye which, when added to the dyeing processes of the other primary colours, indigo blues or madder reds, produces a range of secondary and tertiary colours.

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