北海道、染料植物の夏の様子 Summer appearance of dye plants
気温25~30度、6月下旬〜8月初旬の様子、今年は雨が少ない。
オニグルミ:使用部位は葉、果皮、染いろ=鉄媒染で多様な茶色
Japanese walnut: Part use=leaf, peel, Dye color = various browns dyed with iron mordant

オニグルミ Japanese walnut, Juglans mandhurica
ニホンアカネ:使用部位=根、地下茎、染いろ=明礬媒染で赤、桃色、橙色、椿葉灰汁媒染でより赤が冴える。(抽出方法や生根と乾燥根で色が異なる)
Japanese madder: parts used: roots, rhizomes; dye colour: red, pink and orange with alum mordant. The red color is made even more vivid by using camellia leaf ash lye mordant. (color varies depending on extraction method and whether the root is fresh or dried)

ニホンアカネ Rubia akane
ムツバアカネ:使用部位=根、染いろ=明礬媒染で赤、木酢酸鉄媒染で紫色
Madder: parts used = root, dye color = red with alum mordant, purple with iron wood acetate mordant

ムツバアカネ Madder, Rubia tinctorum
コガネバナ:使用部位=根、染いろ=明礬媒染で黄色〜橙色
Skullcap: Part used: root, dye color: yellow to orange with alum mordant

コガネバナ Skullcap