Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing

The most important and most frequently used dyes of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries were indigo for blue, madder and cochineal for red, and fustic and quercitron for yellow. Logwood was the most commonly used black dyeing ingredient, and sumach, though not strictly a dye, so often was used in neutrals and blacks that it deserves a special mention along with the other six coloring materials.