Annotto Natural Dye Extract

$11.57 (10gms Annotto dye extract)

The pack consists of 10 gm of Annotto extract and instructions.

Annotto is produced from the orange outer seed casings of the Bixa orellana, a shrub native to South America but now grown world wide. The dye, bixin, produces orange, yellowish-red and salmon colours, which have a warm tint but are not as light-fast as Weld.

The addition of a little vinegar to the rinse water gives a redder hue.

Our Annotto dye extract comes from India and has been GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standards) accredited.

The samples in the image are all mordanted with alum and dyed in the same dye bath, they are from left to right:-

Silk, Wool, Wool and Linen.

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