Blue
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A very short encyclopedia entry on blue as a dyers' color, treated as one of the simple or mother-colours used to compose other colors. It names woad, indigo, and a pastel from Normandy as the sources of blue, and notes that some dyers deepen the shade by adding Brasil and other woods.
- 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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