Both indigo plants and cotton plants grew abundantly in the warm humid climate of India, as did the best plant for red dye obtained from the root of the madder plant. Indigo was fast, madder red was not. But getting the blue dye from the indigo plant was not easy or quick. It was labor intensive and produced an expensive dye that was valued across the world.
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Early Indigo Dyeing & Printing Methods
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