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BA 6385

AJRAKH SAREE : DARK INDIGO : BLACK : ANAR YELLOW

BA 6385

AJRAKH SAREE : DARK INDIGO : BLACK : ANAR YELLOW

Blouse piece not included.

About our Dyes +

DARK INDIGO
To those in the business of natural dyes, indigofera tinctoria [the source of the highly prized natural indigo dye] is the true crown jewel of the Indian subcontinent. Nomadic people all over the world and American cowboys - all those who can’t bathe often - favoured indigo dye because it is a natural antiseptic! At Malkha, we think that indigo dyed in the traditional way has eye-catching and mysterious carmine undertones. Our light indigo is dipped 3 times in the fermented vats, our dark indigo is dipped 8 times.

BLACK
Magic happens when yarn has been mordanted with myrobalan seed pods and then dyed in a mixture of rusty iron soaked in fermented jaggery. This is what we call kasimi - no chemical can match the depth of the black it produces.

ANAR YELLOW
A citrus yellow made from the outer rind of pomegranate mixed with myrobalan.

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