Crimson red with alum, scarlet red with tin, violets with chrome and iron.
Using our ground cochineal, 80-90% of the dye extracts with just one 30-minute boil.
We also have a new Cochineal Natural Dye kit with enough dye and mordants to complete all provided silk in 12 colours with this one dye! Click here to order!
Please note: This years Cochineal harvest has been delayed due to excessive rains. All quantities other than 1 ounce, 4 ounce and 1 pound packages of whole Cochineal are temporarily out of stock. We thank you for your patience and will get more stock as soon as possible. 1 ounce and 4 ounce whole Cochineal are available and ready to ship! For an alternative red dye please see Lac.
From Peru
1 oz
4 oz
1 lb = wholesale
5 lbs = wholesale
1 kilo = wholesale
5 kilo = wholesale
From Chile
This new offering of Violet Cochineal is Semi-wild harvested from the mountains of Chile. It give a very beautiful candy cane Pink when using Tin & Oxalic Acid. Soft Violets, Plums, and Magentas can be reached with Alum.
1 oz
4 oz
1 lb
From Peru
1 oz
4 oz
1 lb
5 lbs wholesale!
1 kilo Wholesale!
Cochineal is the natural dye from a scale insect that lives its sedentary life on the Opuntia prickly-pear cactus. It is the brilliant red of the British Redcoats, and the Scarlet of Cardinals' Robes. Wars were fought over this dye when it was discovered in the New World. Very strong, very precious.
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