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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> <b>Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands</b> are the native <a href="/wiki/Natural_dye" title="Natural dye">vegetable dyes</a> used in <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A0idhealteachd" class="mw-redirect" title="Gàidhealteachd">Scottish Gaeldom</a>. </p><p>The following are the principal dyestuffs with the colours they produce. Several of the tints are very bright, but have now been superseded for convenience of usage by various synthetic dyes. The Latin names are given where known and also the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a> names for various ingredients. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipes">Recipes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recipes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of the dyes are made from lichens, the useful ones for this purpose being known as <a href="/wiki/Crottle" class="mw-redirect" title="Crottle">crottle</a>. </p><p>The process employed is to wash the thread thoroughly in urine long kept ("fual"), rinse and wash in pure water, then put into the boiling pot of dye which is kept boiling hot on the fire. The thread is lifted now and again on the end of a stick, and again plunged in until it is all thoroughly dyed. If blue, the thread is then washed in <a href="/wiki/Brine" title="Brine">salt water</a>, but any other colour uses fresh water. </p><p>Amateurs may wish to experiment with some of the suggestions, as <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a> (human or animal) is used in many recipes as a <a href="/wiki/Mordant" title="Mordant">mordant</a>. A number of the recipes used are for more than one colour, and this chart is only a guide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Claret">Claret</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Claret"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Claret – "corcar" – the <a href="/wiki/Cudbear" class="mw-redirect" title="Cudbear">cudbear</a> <a href="/wiki/Lichen" title="Lichen">lichen</a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ochrolechia_tartarea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ochrolechia tartarea (page does not exist)">Ochrolechia tartarea</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scraped off rocks and steeped in <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a> for three months, then taken out, made into cakes, and hung in bags to dry. When used these cakes are reduced to powder, and the colour fixed with <a href="/wiki/Alum" title="Alum">alum</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Black_–_Dubh"><span id="Black_.E2.80.93_Dubh"></span>Black – <i>Dubh</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Black – Dubh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg/220px-Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg/330px-Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg/440px-Closeup_of_blackthorn_aka_sloe_aka_prunus_spinosa_sweden_20050924.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i>Prunus spinosa</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Black (finest) – <ul><li>Common dock root with <a href="/wiki/Copperas" class="mw-redirect" title="Copperas">copperas</a>.</li> <li>"Darach" – <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> bark and copperas</li> <li>(also grey), "seileastair", <a href="/wiki/Iris_(plant)" title="Iris (plant)">iris</a> root</li> <li>"Sgìtheach", <a href="/wiki/Crataegus" title="Crataegus">hawthorn</a> bark with copperas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alder" title="Alder">Alder</a> bark with copperas</li></ul></li> <li>Blue-black <ul><li>Common <a href="/wiki/Sloe" class="mw-redirect" title="Sloe">sloe</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Prunus_spinosa" title="Prunus spinosa">Prunus spinosa</a></i> – "preas nan àirneag"</li> <li>Bearberry – <i><a href="/wiki/Arctostaphylos_uva_ursi" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctostaphylos uva ursi">Arctostaphylos uva ursi</a></i>, "grainnseag"</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blue_–_Gorm"><span id="Blue_.E2.80.93_Gorm"></span>Blue – <i>Gorm</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Blue – Gorm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg/220px-Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg/330px-Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg/440px-Vaccinum_myrtillus_020503.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><i>Vaccinum myrtillus</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Blue <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blaeberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Blaeberry">Blaeberry</a> (<i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i>) with alum or copperas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elderberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Elderberry">Elderberry</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Sambucus_nigra" title="Sambucus nigra">Sambucus nigra</a></i>) with alum</li> <li>"Ailleann" elecampane</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brown_–_Donn"><span id="Brown_.E2.80.93_Donn"></span>Brown – <i>Donn</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brown – Donn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg/220px-Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg/330px-Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg/440px-Brzoza_omszona_Betula_pubescens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><i>Betula</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Brown <ul><li>Common yellow wall <a href="/wiki/Lichen" title="Lichen">lichen</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Xanthoria_parietina" title="Xanthoria parietina">Xanthoria parietina</a></i></li> <li>Dark "crotal" (type of lichen) – <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parmelia_cetarophilia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parmelia cetarophilia (page does not exist)">Parmelia cetarophilia</a></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="no lichen of this name in Scottish flora (September 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>"Duileasg" (<a href="/wiki/Dulse" class="mw-redirect" title="Dulse">dulse</a>), a kind of <a href="/wiki/Seaweed" title="Seaweed">seaweed</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zante_currant" title="Zante currant">Currant</a> with alum</li></ul></li> <li>Dark chestnut-brown <ul><li>Roots of "rabhagach", the <a href="/wiki/Nymphaea_alba" title="Nymphaea alba">white waterlily</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dark brown <ul><li>Blaeberry with nut-galls</li></ul></li> <li>Reddish brown - Ruadh <ul><li>The dark purple lichen ‘cen cerig cen du' (gun chéire gun dubh – i.e. neither crimson nor black) treated in the same way as the lichen for the claret dye.</li></ul></li> <li>Philamot <ul><li>Yellowish "crotal" (type of lichen), the colour of dead leaves – <i><a href="/wiki/Parmelia_saxatilis" title="Parmelia saxatilis">Parmelia saxatilis</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-DSL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Drab or fawn <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birch" title="Birch">Birch</a> <a href="/wiki/Bark_(botany)" title="Bark (botany)">bark</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Betula_pubescens" title="Betula pubescens">Betula pubescens</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_–_Uaine"><span id="Green_.E2.80.93_Uaine"></span>Green – <i>Uaine</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Green – Uaine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg/220px-Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg/330px-Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg/440px-Illustration_Ligustrum_vulgare0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1469" data-file-height="2402" /></a><figcaption><i>Ligustrum vulgare</i></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Green <ul><li>Ripe <a href="/wiki/Privet" title="Privet">privet</a> berries with <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a> (listed for crimson too)</li> <li>Weld <i><a href="/wiki/Reseda_luteola" title="Reseda luteola">Reseda luteola</a></i>, "lus buidhe mòr", with indigo</li> <li>"Rùsg conaisg", <a href="/wiki/Whin" class="mw-redirect" title="Whin">whin</a> bark</li> <li>Cow weed</li></ul></li> <li>"Lively" green <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cytisus_scoparius" title="Cytisus scoparius">Common broom</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dark green <ul><li>Heather, <i><a href="/wiki/Erica_cinerea" title="Erica cinerea">Erica cinerea</a></i>, "fraoch-bhadain" with alum. The heather must be pulled before flowering and from a dark, shady place.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iris_(plant)" title="Iris (plant)">Iris</a> leaf ("Duilleag seileisteir")</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magenta">Magenta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Magenta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Magenta <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dandelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandelion">Dandelion</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Taraxacum_officinale" title="Taraxacum officinale">Taraxacum officinale</a></i>, "beàrnan-Brìde"</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orange_–_Orains/Dearg-buidhe"><span id="Orange_.E2.80.93_Orains.2FDearg-buidhe"></span>Orange – <i>Orains/Dearg-buidhe</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Orange – Orains/Dearg-buidhe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg/220px-Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg/330px-Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg/440px-Berberis-vulgaris-flowers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption><i>Berberis vulgaris</i>, naturalised in Scotland</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Orange <ul><li>Ragweed ("Stinking Billy") – <i><a href="/wiki/Senecio_jacobaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Senecio jacobaea">Senecio jacobaea</a></i>, "buaghallan"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Barberry">Barberry</a> root –<i><a href="/wiki/Berberis_vulgaris" title="Berberis vulgaris">Berberis vulgaris</a></i>, "barbrag"</li></ul></li> <li>Dark orange <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bramble" class="mw-redirect" title="Bramble">Bramble</a> –<i><a href="/wiki/Rubus_fruticosus" title="Rubus fruticosus">Rubus fruticosus</a></i>, "preas smeur"</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purple_–_Corcar/Purpaidh"><span id="Purple_.E2.80.93_Corcar.2FPurpaidh"></span>Purple – <i>Corcar/Purpaidh</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Purple – Corcar/Purpaidh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Euonymus_europaeus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Euonymus_europaeus.jpg/220px-Euonymus_europaeus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Euonymus_europaeus.jpg/330px-Euonymus_europaeus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Euonymus_europaeus.jpg/440px-Euonymus_europaeus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="879" /></a><figcaption>Spindle</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Purple <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Euonymus" title="Euonymus">Euonymus</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Spindle_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Spindle tree">Spindle tree</a>), with sal-ammoniac</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundew" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundew">Sundew</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Drosera_rotundifolia" title="Drosera rotundifolia">Drosera rotundifolia</a></i>, "lus na feàrnaich"</li> <li>Blaeberry – <i><a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_myrtillus" title="Vaccinium myrtillus">Vaccinium myrtillus</a></i>, with alum</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red_–_Dearg"><span id="Red_.E2.80.93_Dearg"></span>Red – <i>Dearg</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Red – Dearg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg/220px-Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg/330px-Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg/440px-Potentilla_erecta_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-248.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2540" data-file-height="3291" /></a><figcaption>Tormentil</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Red <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tormentil" class="mw-redirect" title="Tormentil">Tormentil</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Potentilla_tormentilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Potentilla tormentilla">Potentilla tormentilla</a></i>, "leanartach"</li> <li>Rock lichen – <i><a href="/wiki/Ramalina_scopulorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramalina scopulorum">Ramalina scopulorum</a></i>, "crotal"</li> <li>White crottle – <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ochrolechia_pallescens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ochrolechia pallescens (page does not exist)">Ochrolechia pallescens</a></i>, "crotal-geal"</li></ul></li> <li>Fine red <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rue" class="mw-redirect" title="Rue">Rue</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Galium_verum" title="Galium verum">Galium verum</a></i>, "ladies' bedstraw". A very fine red is obtained from this. Strip the bark off the roots, then boil them in water to extract the remainder of the virtue, then take the roots out and put the bark in, and boil that and the yarn together, adding alum to fix the colour.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Galium_boreale" title="Galium boreale">Galium boreale</a></i> – treated in the same way as <i>Galium verum</i> above.</li></ul></li> <li>Purple-red <ul><li>Blaeberry – <i><a href="/wiki/Vaccinium_myrtillus" title="Vaccinium myrtillus">Vaccinium myrtillus</a></i>, lus nan dearc, with alum, <a href="/wiki/Verdigris" title="Verdigris">verdigris</a> and sal-ammoniac</li></ul></li> <li>Crimson <ul><li>"Crotal-corcar" – <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ochrolechia_tartarea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ochrolechia tartarea (page does not exist)">Ochrolechia tartarea</a></i>, white and ground with urine. This was once in favour for producing a bright crimson dye.</li></ul></li> <li>Scarlet <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a> lichen – <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urceolaria_calcaria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Urceolaria calcaria (page does not exist)">Urceolaria calcaria</a></i>, "Crotal cloich-aoil" – used by the peasantry in limestone districts, such as <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a>.</li> <li>Ripe privet berries with salt. (Listed for green too!)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Violet">Violet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Violet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Violet <ul><li>Wild cress – <i><a href="/wiki/Nasturtium_officinale" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasturtium officinale">Nasturtium officinale</a></i> "biolair"</li> <li>Bitter vetchling – <i><a href="/wiki/Lathyrus_linifolius" title="Lathyrus linifolius">Lathyrus linifolius</a></i> — cairmeal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilberry" title="Bilberry">Bilberries</a> fixed with alum</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yellow_–_Buidhe"><span id="Yellow_.E2.80.93_Buidhe"></span>Yellow – <i>Buidhe</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Yellow – Buidhe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg/220px-Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg/330px-Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg/440px-Saint_John%27s_wort_flowers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>St. John's wort flowers</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg/220px-Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg/330px-Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg/440px-Rheum_rhabarbarum.2006-04-27.uellue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Rhubarb</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Yellow <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple" title="Apple">Apple</a>-tree, <a href="/wiki/Ash_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash tree">ash</a> and buckthorn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Populus" title="Populus">Poplar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elm" title="Elm">elm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bog_myrtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Bog myrtle">Bog myrtle</a>, Roid</li> <li>Ash roots</li> <li>Teazle – <i><a href="/wiki/Dipsacus_fullonum" title="Dipsacus fullonum">Dipsacus fullonum</a></i> – lùs an fhùcadair/leadan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken" title="Bracken">Bracken</a> roots – Raineach mhòr</li> <li>Cow weed <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Tops and flowers of heather, <i>Calluna</i>, fraoch</li> <li>Weld, <i><a href="/wiki/Reseda_luteola" title="Reseda luteola">Reseda luteola</a></i>, "lus-buidhe mòr", dried, reduced to powder and boiled.</li> <li>Leaves and twigs of <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_birch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwarf birch">dwarf birch</a>, beithe-bheag</li></ul></li> <li>Bright yellow <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sundew" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundew">Sundew</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Drosera_rotundifolia" title="Drosera rotundifolia">Drosera rotundifolia</a></i>, "lus na feàrnaich" with ammonia</li></ul></li> <li>Rich Yellow <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Wort" class="mw-redirect" title="St John's Wort">St John's Wort</a>, achlasan Chalum cille, fixed with alum</li></ul></li> <li>Dirty yellow <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">Peat</a> <a href="/wiki/Soot" title="Soot">soot</a>. Obviously this ingredient on its own will not produce yellow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhubarb" title="Rhubarb">Rhubarb</a>, (monk's) – <i><a href="/wiki/Rumex_alpinus" title="Rumex alpinus">Rumex alpinus</a></i> – lus na purgaid</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Scotland" title="Flora of Scotland">Flora of Scotland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrewster,_Sir_David1832" class="citation book cs1">Brewster, Sir David (1832). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_xcbAQAAMAAJ&q=corcur+lichen&pg=PA43"><i>Lichen</i></a>. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lichen&rft.pub=The+Edinburgh+Encyclopaedia&rft.date=1832&rft.au=Brewster%2C+Sir+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D_xcbAQAAMAAJ%26q%3Dcorcur%2Blichen%26pg%3DPA43&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATraditional+dyes+of+the+Scottish+Highlands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DSL-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DSL_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221641/http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=3594&startset=7760752&dtext=snd&query=CROTTLE">"Crottle"</a>. Dictionary of the Scots Language. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=3594&startset=7760752&dtext=snd&query=CROTTLE">the original</a> on 12 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Crottle&rft.pub=Dictionary+of+the+Scots+Language&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dsl.ac.uk%2Fgetent4.php%3Fplen%3D3594%26startset%3D7760752%26dtext%3Dsnd%26query%3DCROTTLE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATraditional+dyes+of+the+Scottish+Highlands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <p><i>This article incorporates text from </i><a href="/wiki/Edward_Dwelly" title="Edward Dwelly">Dwelly's</a> [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary<i> (1911)</i>. (Dath), with additions and corrections. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_cochineal" title="Armenian cochineal">Armenian cochineal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juglans_nigra" title="Juglans nigra">Black walnut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanguinaria" title="Sanguinaria">Bloodroot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilin" title="Brazilin">Brazilin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochineal#Dye" title="Cochineal">Cochineal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orcein" title="Orcein">Cudbear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catechu" title="Catechu">Cutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyewoods" title="Dyewoods">Dyewoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maclura_tinctoria" title="Maclura tinctoria">Fustic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamboge" title="Gamboge">Gamboge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genista_tinctoria" title="Genista tinctoria">Dyer's broom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henna" title="Henna">Henna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigo_dye" title="Indigo dye">Indigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermes_(dye)" title="Kermes (dye)">Kermes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haematoxylum_campechianum" title="Haematoxylum campechianum">Logwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubia" title="Rubia">Madder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_cochineal" title="Polish cochineal">Polish cochineal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saffron" title="Saffron">Saffron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turmeric#Dye" title="Turmeric">Turmeric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrian_purple" title="Tyrian purple">Tyrian purple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reseda_(plant)" title="Reseda (plant)">Weld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isatis_tinctoria" title="Isatis tinctoria">Woad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trade_and_use_of_saffron" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade and use of saffron">Use of saffron</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Craft dyes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dylon" title="Dylon">Dylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumi_(company)" title="Lumi (company)">Inkodye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procion" title="Procion">Procion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rit_(dye)" title="Rit (dye)">Rit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reference</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_dyeing_terms" title="Glossary of dyeing terms">Glossary of dyeing terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dyes" title="List of dyes">List 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