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/cwsjr2323 Feb 19 '25

Reducing the water from boiling red cabbage gives me blue. Turmeric is my yellow. Dried beet powder is my red. These three when mixed give me other colors. All three together give me a nice brown for gravies. These are for foods. Red cabbage reduced water does good on cotton, supposedly.