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Fustic is obtained from the inner wood of a tree growing in Central and South America. It gives a beautiful burnt gold with alum, and can be overdyed with indigo for blue greens, madder and cochineal for oranges, and logwood for olive greens. Fustic is high in tannic acid, which makes it an ideal cotton dye.
On cotton, it will dye a clear gold and on silk and wool it will dye gold to orange. Fustic also provides a good base for other colours: overdyed with indigo for green and combined with madder and cochineal to make oranges.
20ml (1 tablespoon) of fustic liwuid dyes approximately 300g wool to a rich gold shade.
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