blue dye
Fabric tinting agent
Blue dye is any coloring agent that produces blue when applied to fabric, hair, food, or other materials.
Natural blue dyes like indigo and woad were historically rare and valuable.
Synthetic blue dyes now dominate: The jeans were treated with blue dye.
In hair coloring, blue dye can neutralize orange tones or create vivid fashion shades.
- woadBlue dye from leaves
- indigoPlant-derived blue dye
- ultramarineDeep blue from lapis
- lapis lazuliBlue ornamental stone
- azuriteBlue copper carbonate mineral
logwood · pigment · cyanotype · food coloring · aniline · colorfast · vat · tint · fabric · jeans · stain · synthetic · navy · cochineal · madder · rinse · denim · ink
- Food Colorantscarmine, annatto, beet red, natural color, artificial colors
- Food coloringsfood coloring, E numbers
- indigo dyeingwoad, natural dyes, plant dyes, vat, fermentation
- dyesmadder, woad, natural dyes, synthetic dyes, indigo
- food additivesemulsifiers, artificial sweeteners, colorants, calcium silicate, lecithin
- oral care ingredientsfluoride, sodium fluoride, xylitol, glycerin, sorbitol
color addition vs. color removal
blue dyebleach
Chemical stain and germ killer
color remover · whitener · color stripper · decolorizer · optical brightener