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Cochineal. Because.

It's been a rather grey day here, and that makes me long for a bit of colour. Fortunately that's easy - here, have some small bit of cloth coming out of a cochineal dye bath:

Isn't that a nice shade? I'm quite fond of cochineal - I prefer cooler, darker shades of red to the more orange tones of madder, so I'm more a cochineal girl than a madderwoman, actually. (The combination of the two can be gorgeous though!) 

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Kareina on Freitag, 15. Dezember 2023 09:19

Oh, that is lovely! I am with you on the preference. I have seen some nice reds from madder, but a much higher percentage of cochineal hit my personal colour tone sweet spot.

Oh, that is lovely! I am with you on the preference. I have seen some nice reds from madder, but a much higher percentage of cochineal hit my personal colour tone sweet spot.
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