Color Names

Dyer’s Woad

Faded blue from the medieval dyer's vat, infused with woad's dusty leaves.

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Dyer’s Woad is a cool blue.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Dyer’s Woad

Isatis tinctoria

Isatis tinctoria, also called woad, dyer's woad, dyer's-weed, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae with a documented history of use as a blue dye and medicinal plant. The double use of woad is seen in its name: the term Isatis is linked to its ancient use to treat wounds; the term tinctoria references its use as a dye. It is occasionally known as Asp of Jerusalem. Woad is also the name of a blue dye produced from the leaves of the plant. Woad is native to the steppe and desert zones of the Caucasus, Central Asia to Eastern Siberia and Western Asia but is now also found in South-Eastern and Central Europe and western North America.

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dyer

Noun

  1. One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.
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woad

Noun

  1. The plant Isatis tinctoria.
  2. The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Verb

  1. To plant or cultivate woad.
  2. To dye with woad.
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