Determining the color

Today there are several options available to weavers as they determine the colors to be used in their rugs. Some weavers may restrict themselves to natural wool colors--white, black and brown, or mixtures of these. Other weavers may use aniline (commercial) dyes with a limitless palette of colors. Finally, weavers may draw upon a hundred or more vegetal (natural) dye recipes which utilize flowers, plant skins, tree bark, leaves, roots, seeds and minerals to name a few ingredients. This natural dyeing may go on for more than a week. Dye charts are informative as to the ingredients responsible for specific colors.