Natural clothing dyes

Tiffany7 · 14-05-2006

Hi everyone.
Im looking for natural things I could use to dye clothes. Im going to get a pair of white leggings & would like to dye them a very pale pink. Kind of the color your whites turn when you accidently throw in a red sock.

Just wondering about food coloring & Kool Aide... do you think they would work or would it wash out?

Are there any other natural alternatives you guys can think of to dye clothes (not just pink but other colors too). I know about coffee & tea which are both great. I just really hate chemical dyes.

Thanks.

**tangerine** · 14-05-2006

Great topic!

I don't know much about this; I used to use procion dye, but I am guessing that is what you would consider a chemical dye?

This site might get you started.

fash ho' · 15-05-2006

kool aide probably counts as a chemical dye!

runner · 15-05-2006

there is an ancient art of dyeing with persimmon juice.

from osugi.co.jp

Tiffany7 · 15-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by fash ho'

kool aide probably counts as a chemical dye!

LOL well I just mean no prepackaged junk like Rite Dye or anything that would have an strong odor that might hurt my parrot.

**tangerine** · 15-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by runner

there is an ancient art of dyeing with persimmon juice.
...

I have a pair of kakishibu-dyed (is that redundant?) jeans, the color is beautiful!

Mine are garment-dyed, the rope-dyed (yarn-dyed?) ones are really costly.

runner · 16-05-2006

that's not redundant since kakishibu-dyed is kakishibu-zome.
yes kakishibu-dyed jeans are interesting and cool and slightly dangerous!

cockscomb (?) flower

cotton, silk, wool, rayon, felt, polyester

runner · 16-05-2006

four-o'clock (right?)

petunia

petunia red

runner · 16-05-2006

grape

the bottom row with alum

from geocities.jp/opotyopure29/chika/sub1.htm

**tangerine** · 16-05-2006

runner, fantastic!

How are the kakishibu-dyed jeans dangerous?

runner · 17-05-2006

I didn't mean it is poisonous.
sorry tangerine
kakishibu can be from tan to almost anthracite.
but don't some of kakishibu-dyed jeans have some bad boy feeling about them
and look dangerous?

madder + kakishibu
from hachihachi.com

**tangerine** · 27-05-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by runner

I didn't mean it is poisonous.
sorry tangerine
kakishibu can be from tan to almost anthracite.
but don't some of kakishibu-dyed jeans have some bad boy feeling about them
and look dangerous?
...

Whew! I was hoping that's what you meant.

Yes, I look very dangerous!

Sorry about the delayed response!

Bel · 24-10-2006

You probably want to buy unbleached cotton too--it takes a lot of chemicals to make stuff white.

softgrey · 19-11-2006

wow- i missed this the first time around...
interesting stuff...

i guess wine would make a reasonably good dye...
or any type of grape juice or blueberry juice...etc...

*btw- rit dye does not produce any sort of odor and is not toxic in any way in my experience...
i don't think it would bother a parrot- unless you were planning to DYE the parrot...!!...

...

Whitelinen · 19-11-2006

I like the shades that come from grapes.

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runner El Viaje Definitivo Join Date: Feb 2004 Gender: homme Posts: 10,960	I didn't mean it is poisonous. sorry tangerine kakishibu can be from tan to almost anthracite. but don't some of kakishibu-dyed jeans have some bad boy feeling about them and look dangerous? madder + kakishibu from hachihachi.com __________________ Let the stars decide

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