HERB - Dandelion Dye?

[Warren & Meredith Harmon]

And I quote:

"Supposedly dandelions produce purple dyes, but I've never been able to
get this color from plants in our region.  Though my base color is beige,
I seen green in a few cases where the plants come from fertilized lawns. 
Use of the whole plant including some roots gives these colors which are
similar to using leaves, or flowers, or roots: Alum - beige; Chrome -
medium olive; Copper - light olive; Tin - soft gold; Iron - gray green;
no mordant - light beige."

>From _North American Dye Plants_ by Anne Bliss, ISBN 0-934026-89-0,
$8.95.
-Caro

>I've heard "a rumour" that dandelion roots can be made to yield a 
>pink dye, but no one i've asked yet seems to know how to do this. 
>Anyone here ever get pink dye from dandelion roots or know of a 
>recipe that tells how?

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