Dyes: from Nature to Aniline Part 1

By | March 12th, 2016|Categories: Victorian Era|Tags: , , , , , , , |

by Donna Klein   Nature – the World's First Dyes   Before the advent of synthetic dye compounds such as those made from aniline, fabric color came solely from nature; plants, animals, and minerals. Humans have been using dyes to color fabric for more than 2,600 years; the earliest recorded use coming from China. Dyes [...]