After entering, she had Zhou Quan watch over her while she took out a batch of solid-colored silk and a bolt of solid-colored linen that she had bought in advance from her spatial storage. She then asked Zhou Quan to help her cut them into three three-foot-long pieces of cloth. With the six pieces of cloth, she went back to continue dyeing them using the same method as before.
This is interesting; the colors produced are much richer because of the different materials, resulting in a wide variety of colors.
The three pieces of silk, dyed with the original dye, are apricot red.
Even when vinegar is added, it still comes out yellow, but it's a bit darker than the earthy yellow of pure cotton, and a bit more muted than bright yellow. This color was called "true yellow" in this era.
The dye produced using dye bath number three, which contains alum, turned out to be a true red.
When Li Mai saw the color, a smile appeared on her lips. This was the red she wanted today, a true red.
The dye from linen is a woody red, which is a darker, more muted red than the bright red from silk.
The soup with vinegar added on the second ingredient turned out a light yellow color, which was lighter than the earthy yellow of pure cotton, and somewhat like the light yellow of flower stamens.
The linen dyed in the soup with alum No. 3 was pink, the lightest red in the six-piece linen red family. This color is called pink in the Limai store.
"Mom, this color is the same as my new dress!" Zhuzhu exclaimed excitedly when she saw the color.
Li Mai smiled and replied that it was called pink.
The whole family stood in front of the shelf, looking at the nine pieces of cloth. They were all amazed. They never expected that the same soup, made from different materials, would produce such different colors.
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