|
Dye Source |
Mordant |
Color |
Source of Info. |
|
Agrimony |
Alum |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Alder |
|
|
|
|
Alder Berries |
Copperas/Lye |
Blue |
Mobile Register |
|
American Barberry |
Lye |
Orange |
Porcher |
|
Bald Cypress Leaves |
Lye |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Bamboo |
Copperas |
Turkey Red |
Foster |
|
Bay Leaves |
Lye |
Yellow |
Foster |
|
Beech Bark |
|
Cinnamon |
Porcher |
|
Beech Bark |
Copperas |
Dove |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Beech Bark |
Copperas |
Slate |
Foster |
|
Bois d'Arc |
Copperas |
Slate |
Albany GA Patriot |
|
Briar Root |
|
Yellow |
Mead |
|
Broom Straw
|
Salt |
Red |
Brown |
|
Broom Straw (green) |
Alum |
Yellow |
Confederate Housewife |
|
Buckeye, Spanish (Bark) |
Lye |
Drab |
Lincecum |
|
Butternut |
|
Yellow |
Fleming |
|
Butternut Bark |
|
Yellow |
Pryor |
|
Butternut Bark (weak amount) |
Copperas |
Olive Brown |
Instructions |
|
Cedar |
Copperas |
Drab |
Instructions |
|
Cedar Bark |
Copperas |
Drab |
Daniel |
|
Chalybeate Water |
|
Brown |
Lockhart |
|
Cochineal |
Copperas |
Copperas |
Southern Watchman |
|
Cocklebur |
Cream of Tartar |
Scarlet |
Lohrenz |
|
Crabapple Bark |
Bismuth |
Gold |
Porcher |
|
Crabapple/Hickory |
Alum |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Dead Nettle |
Copperas |
Green |
Burroughs |
|
Elderberry |
Alum |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Elderberry |
|
Black |
Handy/Wilson |
|
Elderberry |
Copperas |
Blue |
Mobile Register |
|
Elderberry |
Copperas |
Blue |
Southern Watchman |
|
Elderberry |
Copperas/Alum |
Blue |
Tullie's |
|
Elm, Red [bark] |
Lye |
Red or Nankin |
Lincecum |
|
Everygreen Ivy |
Copperas/Alum |
Blue |
Confederate Housewife |
|
Garden Purslane/Logwood |
|
Red |
Daniel |
|
Guinea Corn Seed |
Copperas/Lye |
Lead Color |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Hickory |
Iron/Alum |
Blue |
Porcher |
|
Hickory |
Alum |
Green |
Hague |
|
Hickory |
Alum |
Green |
Porcher |
|
Hickory Bark |
Copperas |
Olive
|
Porcher |
|
Hickory Bark |
|
Yellow |
Daniel |
|
Hickory Bark |
Lye |
Yellow |
Foster |
|
Hickory/Black Oak |
|
Brown |
Houston |
|
Huckleberry, Upland |
Alum |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Brown |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Patterson |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Moore, D. |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Hague |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Foster |
|
Indigo |
|
Blue |
Charleston Mercury |
|
Indigo |
SulphIr/Lime |
Blue |
Mobile Register |
|
Indigo/Sulphuric Acid |
|
Blue |
Saxon |
|
Indigo/Sulphuric Acid |
Alum |
Saxon Blue |
Instructions |
|
Indigo |
Lime/G.Cop'ras |
Indigo Blue |
Instructions |
|
Indigo Weed |
Urine |
Indigo Blue |
Instructions |
|
Indigo (Wild) |
|
Blue |
Fleming |
|
Indigo (Wild) |
|
Blue |
Handy/Wilson |
|
Indigo (Wild) |
|
Yellow |
Brown |
|
Indigo (Wild False) |
Bluestone |
Green |
Brown |
|
Indigo/Madder |
|
Purplish Blue |
Moore, D. |
|
Iron |
Vinegar/Molas |
Copperas |
Savannah Republican |
|
Iron |
Vinegar/Molas |
Copperas |
Dallas Herald |
|
Iron |
Vinegar/Molas |
Copperas |
Mobile Register |
|
Iron |
Vinegar/Molas |
Copperas |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Kalmia (Dwarf Laurel) |
Copperas |
Drab |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Kalmia/Pine Bark |
Lye |
Dove |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Logwood |
Lye |
Blue |
Tullies |
|
Logwood |
Bluestone |
Black |
Burroughs |
|
Logwood |
Bluestone |
Blue |
Southern Watchman |
|
Logwood |
Copperas |
Black |
Southern Watchman |
|
Logwood |
Copperas |
Black |
Tullie's |
|
Logwood |
Copperas/Bl.st. |
Bluish Black |
Tullie's |
|
Logwood |
Bluestone |
Blue |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Logwood |
Copperas |
Black |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Madder |
Alum |
Purple |
Tullie's |
|
Madder |
|
Purplish Pink |
Daniel |
|
Madder |
Alum/Argol |
Madder Red |
Instructions |
|
Madder |
Alum/Lye |
Red |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Maple |
Al/Soda/S of Lead |
Red |
Instructions |
|
Maple Bark |
Copperas |
Yellow |
Foster |
|
Maple Bark |
Copperas |
Purple |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Maple/Black Walnut |
|
Purple |
Porcher |
|
Maple/Hickory |
|
Brown |
Porcher |
|
Maple/Red Oak |
Copperas |
Slate |
Burroughs |
|
Maple (Swamp) |
Copperas |
Dove |
Porcher |
|
Maple/Sweet Gum |
|
Purple |
Handy/Wilson |
|
Maple/Sweet Gum |
Copperas |
Purple |
Porcher |
|
Mesquite Heartwood |
Vinegar of Iron |
Black |
Lincecum |
|
Moss "Little Green" |
|
Brown |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Moss, Spanish |
|
Brown |
Lincecum |
|
Myrtle |
Copperas |
Purple |
Burroughs |
|
Oak Bark (weak amount) |
|
Gray |
Hague |
|
Oak, Black
|
Copperas |
Drab |
Instructions |
|
Oak, Black |
Alumina |
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Oak, Black
|
Oxide of Tin |
Yellow to Orange |
Porcher |
|
Oak, Black (Bark) |
Iron Oxide |
Drab |
Porcher |
|
Oak, Black (Bark) |
Alum/Argol |
Yellow |
Instructions |
|
Oak, Black (Bark) |
|
Copperas |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, Black (Bark) |
Alum/Ac.ofLead |
Yellow |
Lincecum |
|
Oak, Black (Bark)/Galls/Logwood |
Al./Soda/S of Lead |
Yellow |
Instructions |
|
Oak, Black [Bark)/Old
Fustic |
Green Copperas |
Black |
Instructions |
|
Oak, Black Jack |
Copperas |
Snuff Brown |
Instructions |
|
Oak, Black Jack |
|
Gray |
Hague |
|
Oak, Black Jack |
|
Slate |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Oak Galls |
|
Slate |
Confederate Housewife |
|
Oak Leaves |
Vitriol |
Purple to Black |
Porcher |
|
Oak, Live Oak (Black) |
Copperas |
Yellow |
Burroughs |
|
Oak, Red |
|
Black |
Simons |
|
Oak, Red |
Bluestone/Lye |
Brown |
Southern Watchman |
|
Oak, Red |
|
Pink or Red |
Foster |
|
Oak, Red (Bark) |
Bluestone/Lye |
Blue |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, Red (Bark, Roots) |
Copperas |
Choc. Brown |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Oak, Red/Maple |
Sulph of Copper |
Green or
Black |
Porcher |
|
Oak, Red/Maple |
Copperas |
Black |
Southern Watchman |
|
Oak, Red/Maple |
Copperas/Lye |
Blue |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, Red/Maple |
Copperas/Lye |
Black |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, Red/Maple |
Copperas/Lye |
Black |
Southern Banner |
|
Oak, Red/White Oak |
Lye |
Black |
Southern Watchman |
|
Oak, Spanish |
Limewater |
|
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, Spanish |
|
Brown |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Oak/Sumac/B'nut/Logwood |
Alum/Copperas |
Black |
Daniel |
|
Oak, White |
Limewater |
|
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Oak, White |
Copperas |
Lead Color |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Peach Leaves |
Copperas |
Lead Color |
Instructions |
|
Peach (Wild) Bark |
Lye |
Red |
Lincecum |
|
Pecan Bark |
Alum/Ac.ofLead |
Yellow |
Lincecum |
|
Pine Bark |
|
Yellow |
Porcher |
|
Pine Bark |
Copperas |
Slate |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Pine Boughs (Tips) |
Copperas |
Drab or Stone |
Burroughs |
|
Pine/Maple Bark |
|
Purple |
Fleming |
|
Pine Roots |
|
Gray |
Fleming |
|
Pine Straw |
Lye |
Purple |
Foster |
|
Plum
Roots |
Lye |
Garnet |
Fleming |
|
Plum Roots |
Copperas/Lye |
Brown |
Southern Illus. News |
|
Plum Roots |
Copperas/Lye |
Brown |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Plum Roots |
Copperas/Lye |
Brown |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Plum Roots |
|
Brown |
Daniel |
|
Plum Roots |
Copperas |
Brown |
Brown |
|
Poison Ivy |
|
Black |
Foster |
|
Pokeberry |
Copperas/Lye |
Brown |
Tullie's |
|
Pokeberry |
|
Solferino |
Handy/Wilson |
|
Pokeberry |
|
Magenta |
Daniel |
|
Pokeberry |
Vinegar |
Crimson |
Burroughs |
|
Pokeberry |
Vinegar |
Crimson |
Porcher |
|
Pokeberry |
Vinegar |
Scarlet |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Pokeberry/Crab Apples |
Vinegar |
Scarlet |
Albany GA Patriot |
|
Pomegranate |
Alum |
|
Dimond |
|
Pomegranate |
Iron |
Gray |
Mobile Register |
|
Pomegranate |
Copperas |
Black |
Mobile Register |
|
Prickly Pear Cactus |
|
Reddish Purple |
Galveston Weekly News |
|
Prickly Pear Cactus |
|
Reddish Purple |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Pumpkin/Pokeberry |
Iron |
Gray |
Southern Watchman |
|
Pumpkin/Pokeberry |
|
Red |
Mead |
|
Queen's Delight |
|
Purple |
Albany GA Patriot |
|
Queen's Delight |
|
Black |
Hague |
|
Red Clay Mud |
|
Red |
Mead |
|
Red Clay Mud |
|
Red |
Foster |
|
Sassafras |
|
Yellow |
Burroughs |
|
Sassafras |
Copperas |
Drab |
Porcher |
|
Sassafras |
Copperas |
Gray |
Burroughs |
|
Sassafras |
Copperas |
Brown |
Confederate Housewife |
|
Sassafras [Bark, Roots] |
Alum |
Yellow & Orange |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Sass./Swamp Bay/Butterfly
Root |
|
Pink |
Moore, D. |
|
Sass./Swamp Bay/Butterfly
Root |
Copperas/Alum |
Yellow |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Sassafras/Willow |
Copperas/Alum |
Yellow |
Southern Watchman |
|
Sassafras/Willow |
Copperas/Alum |
Slate |
State Gazette (Austin) |
|
Sassafras/Willow |
Copperas/Alum |
Slate |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Sourwood Leaves |
Copperas/Alum |
Slate |
Confederate Housewife |
|
Spanish Brown |
|
Red |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Sumac |
Iron |
Black |
Hyatt |
|
Sumac |
Copperas |
Tan |
Foster |
|
Sumac Berries |
Iron |
Black |
Porcher |
|
Sumac [Leaves, Berries] |
Copperas |
Black |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Sumac Stalks (weak amount) |
|
Purple |
Mead |
|
Sweet Gum |
Copperas |
Drab |
Instructions |
|
Sweet Gum |
Copperas |
Nearly Black |
Porcher |
|
Sweet Gum |
Lye |
Purple |
Foster |
|
Sweet Gum |
Copperas |
Dove |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Sweet Gum/Cedar Tops |
Coppperas |
Drab |
Daniel |
|
Sweet Gum/Maple |
Alum |
Greenish Olive |
Edmonston |
|
Sweet Gum/Sycamore/Logwood |
|
Gray |
Hague |
|
Sweet Leaf |
Muriatic Acid |
Crimson |
Edmonston |
|
Sycamore |
|
Pink or Red |
Foster |
|
Walnut
|
|
Yellow |
Moore, D. |
|
Walnut |
|
Dark Brown |
Hague |
|
Walnut |
Alum |
Brown or Black |
Daniel |
|
Walnut |
|
Brown |
Foster |
|
Walnut Bark |
Iron |
Brown |
Mead |
|
Walnut [Bark, Roots] |
Copperas |
Fawn |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Walnut, Black |
|
Black |
Pryor |
|
Walnut, Black |
|
Brown |
Handy/Wilson |
|
Walnut, Black |
|
Brown |
Southern Banner |
|
Walnut, Black |
|
Brown or Black |
Fleming |
|
Walnut, Black (Leaves) |
Lye |
Gray |
Porcher |
|
Walnut Hulls |
|
Black |
Porcher |
|
Walnut Hulls |
|
Brown or Black |
Fleming |
|
Walnut Hulls |
|
Brown |
McDonald |
|
Walnut Hulls |
Copperas |
Black |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Walnut Hulls |
|
Brown |
Tullie's |
|
Walnut Hulls (Green) |
Copperas |
Olive Brown |
Instructions |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Brown |
Millings |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Black |
Bellville Countryman |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Black |
Savannah Republican |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Black |
Mobile Register |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Black |
Columbus Enquirer |
|
Walnut Leaves |
|
Fawn |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Walnut Leaves (boiled cotton] |
|
Purple |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Walnut Leaves (boiled wool] |
|
Black |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Walnut Leaves or Roots |
|
Black |
Southern Conf. (Atlanta) |
|
Wax Myrtle |
|
Black |
Porcher |
|
Wax Myrtle/Black Walnut |
Copperas |
Dark Brown |
Porcher |
|
Willow |
Copperas |
Black |
Porcher |
|
Willow |
Copperas |
Black |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Willos |
Copperas |
Slate |
Memphis Appeal |
|
Willow Bark |
|
Gray |
Pryor |
|
|
|
Drab |
Hague |