The field guide · Colour and dye
Overdyed green
Overdyed green is a compound colour, and the usual way natural greens in Persian rugs are made: wool dyed blue with indigo and then dyed again in a yellow such as isparak. Iranica also records green from willow leaves mixed with indigo. Because the yellow can fade faster than the blue, old greens often drift towards blue.
Also over-dyed greens · compound green · green dye
See also Indigo, Isparak, Weld
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