Crimson red with alum, scarlet red with tin, violets with chrome and iron.
Using our ground cochineal, 80-90% of the dye extracts with just one 30-minute boil.
We also have a new Cochineal Natural Dye Kit with enough dye and mordants to complete all provided silk in 12 colours with this one dye!
Please note: This year's Cochineal harvest has been delayed due to excessive rains, but we have been able to obtain the first of the new harvest!
From Peru
| 1 oz |
4 oz |
1 lb |
5 lbs |
1 kilo |
5 kilo |
From Chile
Limited Supply
This new offering of Violet Cochineal is Semi-wild harvested from the mountains of Chile. It give a very beautiful candy cane Pink when using Tin & Oxalic Acid. Soft Violets, Plums, and Magentas can be reached with Alum.
1 oz |
4 oz |
1 lb |
For an alternative red dye please see Lac.
Cochineal is the natural dye from a scale insect that lives its sedentary life on the Opuntia prickly-pear cactus. It is the brilliant red of the British Redcoats, and the Scarlet of Cardinals' Robes. Wars were fought over this dye when it was discovered in the New World. Very strong, very precious.
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