+++ As the days grow darker I find myself drawn to indigo and black.
Here are some extraordinary indigo and black offerings from extraordinary shopkeepers +++
indigo to black
rustic bleu
The first recorded use of indigo as a color name in English was in 1289.
India is believed to be the oldest center of indigo dyeing in the Old World. It was a primary supplier of
indigo dye, derived from the plant
Indigofera tinctoria, to
Europe as early as the Greco-Roman era. The association of India with indigo is reflected in the
Greek word for the 'dye,' which was
indikon (ινδικόν). The
Romans used the term
indicum, which passed into Italian dialect and eventually into English as the word
indigo. The country of
El Salvador has lately been the biggest producer of indigo.
The same indigo dye is contained in the woad plant, Isatis tinctoria, for a long time the main source of blue dye in Europe. Woad was replaced by true indigo as trade routes opened up, and both are now largely replaced by synthetic dyes. - From Wikipedia
~~~ remember the name WOAD? ~~~
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