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Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In the beginning there was water and rock, but as plant life evolved, the globe became more colorful. Cool greens gradually enveloped the earth as successive waves of mosses, ferns, conifers and angiosperms conquered the land. In addition new pigments evolved providing artistic man with new mood-creating dyes with which to color his existence. Primitive man utilized dyes to color his skin to frighten his enemies and increase his prestige. Greek ladies, dissatisfied with the color of their hair, used buckthorn, Rhamnus, to stain their hair yellow and add to their charms. European aristocrats of the Middle Ages, traveling incognito, camouflaged their faces with walnut stains. As a result of searching for new plants or cultivating them in fields, man learned their properties and habits and became proficient in extracting those pigments he desired to stimulate his senses.
Publication Date
1974
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
11
Issue
3
First Page
6
Last Page
8
Copyright
© Copyright 1974 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Haman, A. C.
(1974)
"To Dye or Not to Dye,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 11:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol11/iss3/3