Red
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A very short encyclopedia entry on the color red in dyeing, describing it as one of the five simple or mother colors. It lists the six kinds or casts of red some dyers distinguish and reduces them to three, according to the principal dyestuffs: kermes, cochineal, and madder.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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