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Showing Your Colors Sustainably! - Natural Dyes

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  • We take a look at the history of the art of dyeing.

  • You will learn about the historically most important natural dyestuffs, such as Tyrian purple, alizarin and indigo.

  • Finally, other important natural dyes, such as carmine and carotene, will be presented.

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Behr, A., Seidensticker, T. (2020). Showing Your Colors Sustainably! - Natural Dyes. In: Chemistry of Renewables. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61430-3_15

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