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• In the case of Cornelis Drebbel, who invented a bright red dye color by mixing cochineal with a tin mordant, we cannot prove that the inspiration for the invention was directly related to this production method for gold purples, but, even if the connection is only circumstantial, it is a circumstance we cannot completely ignore. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
• The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be achieved at home using dyes such as cochineal and indigo.
• This method can be carried out in, for instance, dyeing a cochineal scarlet with tin crystals, a yellow from fustic and alum, a black from logwood and copperas and bluestone, a red from madder and bichrome, and the dyeing of the Alizarine colours by the use of chrome fluoride, etc. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics
• The best _tuneras_ (cochineal-plantations) lay in Grand Canary, where they could be most watered. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
• The same options were available for dyeing the wool or cotton, which could be accomplished by professionals or achieved at home using dyes such as madder, cochineal, and indigo.
• Page 132 or unburnt bricks, paving and roofing tiles, gas retorts, and roofing slates; coal, coke, and culm of coal; cochineal; cocoa nuts, cocoa and cocoa shells; coculus indicus; coir yarn; codilla, or tow of hemp or flax; cowhage down; cream of tartar; cudbear. The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Consti
• The term scarlet as employed in the Old Testament was used to designate the blood-red color procured from an insect somewhat resembling cochineal, found in great quantities in Armenia and other eastern countries. Forty Centuries of Ink
• The cactus, or more precisely, the cochineal insects that feed on it yield a red-purple stain when crushed.
• The kermes was expensive and the abundant cochineal insect could be used to make a cheap substitute.
• Most notably there is the cochineal, a small insect that lives on cacti, which is widely used as a source of red food dye. Clipmarks | Live Clips