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Examples of orchil
orchil
Cudbear is a dye extracted from orchil lichens that produces colours in the purple range.
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Orcein is a reddish-brown dye, orchil is a purple-blue dye.
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Of great historical and commercial significance are lichens belonging to the family Roccellaceae, commonly called orchella weed or orchil.
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- A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
- Archil: any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
- Orcein, also archil, orchil, lacmus, litmus, Citrus Red 2, and C.I. Natural Red 28, are names for dyes extracted from several species of lichen, also called orchella weeds, found in various parts of the world. The manufacture was described by Cocq in 1812 and in the UK in 1874 . ...
