Beauty of Red Color

The legendary red dye called dragon's blood, to kill the airline. This seems to be part of one of Shakespeare's tragedies. Criminal damage to a woman to give the intruder a beautiful red dress, blood stained the dragon, of course. I do not remember the actual result, intended exclusively.

EJW Barber, in his scholarly book, Prehistoric Textiles writers, Pliny uses the term ancient Greek sandarac, a beautiful red mineral that was also used as dye. The same mineral has been used in paintings through the Renaissance. Mineral realgar, an arsenic compound of red cloth. Colors: The Story of dyes and pigments, said he was one of the red pigments used by the Egyptians in the prehistoric paintings of cosmetics and medicines. Realgar was determined only by the prisoners, a new dimension to the mine. Arsenic can be absorbed through the skin and small amounts can make a beautiful complexion, as the Victorians knew. However, arsenic accumulates in the body and clothing continues with realgar, red wonder that the user really sick in a month.

Today Ökotex (sp?), A European organization that sets standards for colored fabrics have different standards for clothes (little contact with the skin), intimate wear (worn on the skin), sportswear colors (leaching with sweat as possible) and infants (leaching of saliva as possible.) few are acceptable for baby clothes, natch. Many dyes contain heavy metals that accumulate in the body, if they do

The use of color can be as important as the effect of color on the body. Residual sodium carbonate is very irritating to the skin. Washing process of the fiber reactive dyes is the crucial step in determining their safety. Washing process is long and arduous, taking as long or longer than the dye. The industry standard procedures to a boil wash with agitation followed by a wide range said. Procion MX is the most difficult to clean.

Someone mentioned the indigo rubbed on the skin. Indigo is the oldest known and can be done to prevent corruption, which requires skill and care. Tuareg, also known as a people, Blue, Indigo beyond the surface of the canvas because of its brilliance, which is given but it is a cultural preference. We've had 5,000 years, and people are exposed to indigo and I have not noticed any ill effects. However, it was the case at the end of 1990 Smith & Hawkes, or 7 generations to be aware of environmantally sweaters knitted and hand-dyed indigo, a natural son. As weavers broke the boy's skin hands and arms of a disaster. Some more than others, but it was only natural, what could be the problem? This requires a high pH of Indigo were made of wood, soda, or lye, color. Garnet is not properly neutralized and residual alkalinity is the reason for all problems.