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| kermes |
the dried bodies of the female of certain scale insects, from which a purple-red dye is obtained. [2/3 definitions] |
| logwood |
the heartwood of this tree, from which a brownish or blackish dye is obtained, or this dye itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| madder1 |
any of a number of perennial plants that bear yellow flowers and have a root that yields a red dye. [2 definitions] |
| magenta |
a purplish red dye derived from coal tar; fuchsin. [1/3 definitions] |
| mauve |
a purple dye made from aniline. [1/2 definitions] |
| mercerize |
to treat (cotton thread or cloth) with sodium hydroxide to increase its strength, dye absorption, and luster. |
| mordant |
to treat with a caustic chemical for the purpose of etching or of fixing a dye. [1/5 definitions] |
| murex |
any of various spiny-shelled marine snails of tropical waters, formerly an important source of royal purple dye. |
| Prussian blue |
a dark blue pigment or dye used in fabric dyeing, painting, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| sappanwood |
a tree native to India whose wood yields a red dye. [1/2 definitions] |
| sodium cyanide |
a poisonous white crystalline compound, used in dye manufacture, casehardening alloys, pesticides, and the extraction of metals from ore. |
| tartar emetic |
a poisonous saltlike powder used to fix dye and medicinally to cause expectoration, vomiting, and perspiring. |
| tiedye |
to dye by using the tiedye method. [1/3 definitions] |
| tint |
a dye or coloring for the hair. [1/6 definitions] |
| Tyrian purple |
a natural purple dye formerly obtained from certain snails and shellfish and now made synthetically. [1/2 definitions] |
| vat dye |
a colorfast dye applied to cloth in a soluble form and then oxidized to an insoluble form in the cloth. |
| woad |
a European plant, related to mustard, from the leaves of which a blue dye was formerly obtained. [2 definitions] |
| yellowwood |
any of various trees of the southern United States that have compound leaves, bear clusters of white flowers, and yield a yellow dye from their wood. [1/3 definitions] |
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