50g can of Coche-Color Cochineal Extract. You can achieve various bright crimson/pink shades.
Required amount: approx. 0.5-5.0% of the weight of the material to be dyed. Required mordant for wool and silk: alum (approx. 10%)
Cellulose fabrics: approx. 3% tannin or light tannin, then approx. 10% alum mordant
COCHE-COLOR is an extract made from female scale insects Dactylopius coccus. Using an aluminum mordant, this natural dye can produce various bright crimson shades. The ladybird-sized scale insects are cultivated on prickly pear cacti. A color extract is made from the cochineal insects, which is also used for food coloring. In the past, the extracts were also used to dye crimson liturgical garments.
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