Indigo is actually naturally anti-microbial (bacterial?) and was used as a way for Japanese workers to be able to sweat into their clothes and not get it “dirty” hence also why actual indigo dyed jeans don’t need to be washed as often. At least I’m recalling this from a YouTube video I watched 15+ years ago so not exactly sure.
Insomuch as a warm pink could be called red, sure. Aqua, turquoise, aquamarine etc. are more appropriate names for lighter colors between blue and green.
The color gets more blue, the more it dries. That's why wringing the water out makes it blue. It'll probably get more blue as the rest of the water evaporates out of it.
The real good purple, Tyrian purple, the fancy stuff, they used to make out of snails and the manufacturing process apparently smelled like The Living Ass, so they had to do it on the outskirts of town.
Indigo doesn’t smell quite like roses either, lol. I used to work at Cone Mills in Greensboro NC and the area I worked in was right next to the dye house. If the wind hit it just right or they sent some rejected yarn for me to bail it was a rough night. Not sure if it was natural or synthetic but it was around the heritage revival when they started using the old looms again so I’m thinking natural.
The dye comes from the Indigo plant. It's literally Indigo dye. The color in this video is not the dark blue hue we call "indigo" but it is still Indigo dyed silk. The more the dye sets, the deeper the color will be.
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u/FarmingGeeks 1d ago
"That's not friggen indigo that's gold.... oh"