tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379024431777601404.post1288217295351887107..comments2023-04-14T13:48:45.009+02:00Comments on die diebgasse: Little black dress for beggarsBorghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14519902212449317556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379024431777601404.post-81791247952838720032012-11-13T15:15:08.948+01:002012-11-13T15:15:08.948+01:00That's surely true - every colour (maybe excep...That's surely true - every colour (maybe except royal purple) was available for every social class, but the intensity, strength and fastness of colours varied - the most expensive ones were bright and durable, the cheapest faded very quickly.<br />I think this mentioned black may have been a dark brownish-grey from mixed dyes.basiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434306892385530790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379024431777601404.post-30108678427163736242012-11-02T11:24:34.520+01:002012-11-02T11:24:34.520+01:00It depends on source. One tells that black dye is ...It depends on source. One tells that black dye is very expensive. But another one shows it as much cheaper than I thought.<br /><br />I don't think it was black sheep wool, however, maybe the price was dependent on color-saturation. There is no way to find it out for sure.Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519902212449317556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379024431777601404.post-31058546883158370472012-11-02T09:15:20.834+01:002012-11-02T09:15:20.834+01:00Black Cloth - do You mean dyed cloth, or natural &...Black Cloth - do You mean dyed cloth, or natural "black-gray" cloth, wich was undayed (the color was naturaly from the sheep)?<br /><br />If black and gray - ok, I am plased to hera it,<br />but, if you mean dyed in black, i am confused and thrilled.<br /><br />In my opinion, there is no such cheap dye-stuff, to make a cheap, dyed cloth (even though, you could just dye gray cloth by kork of oak or alder, but it will still be something like "black" - brown-black, gray-black and so on).<br /><br />My opionion - natural, gray-black wool :)Nacaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03230067374080241721noreply@blogger.com