The natural Dyer's Academy ~ Module 8 Secondary Colours

The Secondary Colours Module is the final piece in our colour creation. Here, we will cover the creation of blacks, how to add shadow and depth to your colours and how to create colourfast greens, teals, oranges, browns and more by combining dyes and/or overdyeing colours. Below you will find an overview what this module entails :)
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Chapter 1: Quinone dyes & how to use them

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Originally, I thought I would include these dyes in the red chapter, but giving the complexity of red, I figured it would be better to introduce them later on. And here we are! More complexity! Quinone dyes are unique 'we don't fit in the standard box' dyes. See for yourself:

“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~Wassily Kandinsky

In this lesson:

  • What are Quinone dyes?
  • Safflower
  • Alkanet or Dyer's Bugloss
  • The beautiful shades of Walnuts
  • Henna or Egyptian Privet
  • The fascinating world of Rhubarbs 
  • The world of Ireland's favourite Garden plant: The dock (Rumex) family
  • The Buckthorn Family

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Chapter 2: Garden and Hedgerow dyes

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Quinone dyes are very versatile and you have probably now realized, that a lot of them grow on your doorstep. Depending on the size of your studio or dye house, garden and hedgerow dyes might be a wonderful dye source...

  • Natural Dyes found in Hedgerows and the wild
  • Natural Dyes found and grown in the garden

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Chapter 3: Natural Dyes from the Kitchen

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No course would be complete without mentioning kitchen dyes. Sure, for a professional dye house, we tend to focus on the classic dyes, but remember, that they are classic dyes, because they could and still can be produced on field scale. With today's climate situation and throw away mentality, making use of left overs is always a good idea....

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Chapter 4 Modifiers & pH influencers

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They are a joy and a curse at the same time. Many natural dyers start out this way -experimenting and discovering the change in colour caused by changing the pH. I am no different. It is fascinating and you feel like an A+ chemist, wondering why they didn't use this to explain chemistry in school! It would have been so much more fun and easier to understand - at least for me. So why do I call them a curse? 

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Chapter 5 Secondary colours & combination dyes

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The final colour creating chapter of this course. Here, we will bring everything what we have learned so far, together. We will be looking at greens, teal, oranges and everything in between. A lot of this will be self directed work, combining colours and using recipes from previous modules. There is, of course, no end to it. By now you must have realized that the world of natural colour is vast, studio specific and even, dare I say, personal...

In this lesson:

  • Important facts about combining colours
  • Orange
  • Pinks & Purples
  • Reddish browns to browns
  • Greens
  • Teals & Turquoise

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Chapter 6 Of Darkness...

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“Without black, no colour has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there’s shadow – no, not just shadow, but fullness. You’ve got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that’s real.” ~Amy Grant

In this lesson:

  • Adding depth to your colour
  • Creating Black

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 Chapters that are not included here are 3 recipes chapters for dyeing black on both cellulose and protein fibres, combination colours on protein and the same on cellulose. 

The course is hosted at the Natural Dyers Academy and everyone is welcome to join the community! Once joined, you can decide if you like to stay in the free community area or join the Co~Lab rooms to learn, share and take part in dye alongs, zoom meetings etc. 

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