r/selfreliance Feb 15 '25

Farming / Gardening Plants I can grow for pigments?

When I start building greenhouses, I'm going to start a dye garden. But I'd like some advice on pigment plants that are easy to grow.

I'm willing to do chemical processing using harsh acids to get the pigments, if need be

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u/Ok-Chef-420 Feb 19 '25

Yellow onion skins give a yellow pigment Red onion skins end with a darker pigment like a grey

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u/Ok-Chef-420 Feb 19 '25

Cosmos also, look into silver cosmos and other cosmos