List Of Plant Dyes By Colour

This list gives only plant names applicable to each colour. For details on the use of each plant, consult the following list which is organized alphabetically by plant name. The asterisk (*) in this list indicates that the plant so marked gives a dye which is not a simple colour but a mixture; e.g., bloodroot, which gives a reddish-orange dye, is listed with an asterisk under both red and orange. Some plants give both a simple colour and a mixed colour which includes the simple one; these are not asterisked under the simple colour but are under the colour found only in the mixture. For example, logwood yields both a grey and a blue-grey dye; it is asterisked under blue but not under grey.

BLACK: Barberry, Black alder, Blackthorn, Common plum, English oak, Flowering ash, Logwood, Meadowsweet, Valley oak, Yellow dock

BLUE: *Bearbenp, Cornflower, Dog's mercury, Elecampane, Hollyhock, Indigo, *Logwood, Meadowsweet, Mesquite, *Pomegranate, Privet, *Sweet potato, Woad

BROWN
*Alder buckthorn, Bird's tongue, Black alder, *Black birch, Black gum, *Black oak, *Blackthorn, Black walnut, Canoe birch, Cascara sagrada, Catechu Cotton, *Dyer's camomile, English walnut, *Ginkgo Heather, Hemlock spruce, Iceland moss, *Indigo bush, Juniper, Larch, *Logwood, *Lombardy poplar, Osage-orange, Pomegranate, Rooibos, Rose of China, Sumac, *Sweet potato, *Turmeric, White oak

GOLD
Black oak, Dyer's camomile, Fustic, Goldenrod, Lily of the valley, Osage-orange, Privet, Smartweed, *Turmeric

GREY
Bearberry *Black alder, Blackberry, Bracken, Butternut, Logwood, Red maple, Rhododendron, *Rose of China, Rowan, St. johnswort, *Shave grass, Sumac, *Wax myrtle

GREEN
Bearberry, Beard grass, Bird's tongue, *Black alder, *Black oak, *Bracken, Canoe birch, Coltsfoot, *Dog's mercury, Dyers broom, Fumitory, Heather, Lady's mantle, Larkspur, Lily of the Valley, Lombardy poplar, *Meadowsweet, Motherwort, *Nettle, Onion, *Red maple, *Rose of China, Scotch broom, Shave grass, *Sorrel, *Tansy, *Wax myrtle, White birch

ORANGE
Annatto, Black oak, *Bloodroot, Calliopsis, *Henna, Onion, Sumac

PURPLE
Black elder, *Dandelion Heather, *Pomegranate, *Rose of China, Tall field buttercup, *Yellow bedstraw

RED
Alkanet, Alpine cranberry, *American ivy, Annatto, *Barberry, *Black birch, Blackthom, *Bloodroot, Calliopsis, *Dandokou, Dye bedstraw, *Henna, Madder, Poinsettia, Pokeweed, Rod alder, Rue, Safflower, White birch, Wild marjoram, *Yellow bedstraw

TAN
*Apple, Butternut, *Fustic ,*Golden rod, Osage-orange, Sumac, Tea

YELLOW
Almond, Alpine cranberry, Apple, Barberry, *Bearberry, Beard grass, Big-bud hickory, *Black alder, Black elder, Black oak, Bracken, Broad-leaved dock, Calliopsis, Chinese arborvitae, *Coltsfoot, Cotton, *Dog's mercury, Dyar's broom, Dyer's camomile, European ragwort, Flowering ash, Fumitory, Fustic, Goldenrod, Hackberry, Heather, *Indigo bush, Jewelweed, Lily of the valley, *Lombardy poplar, Marigold, Meadowsweet, 'Nettle, *Osage-orange, Peach, Pomegranate, Privet, *Red maple, 'Rooibos, Rose of China, Safflower, Saffron, St. Johnswort, Sassafras, Scotch broom, Shave grass, Smartweed, *Sorrel, Sticklewort, Sumac, Sumdew, Sunflower, *Sweet potato, *Tansy, Turmeric, Virgin's bower, Weld, White birch, White mulberry, Wild crab apple, Yellow bedstraw, Yellow root