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Chinese yellow : Source Gardenia grandiflora. Other Chinese yellows are Wongsky, 



Wougshy, Wongschy, Hoang-tchy, Hoang-teng, Hoang-Tschi, Hoang-pe-pi, and 



Ti-hoang. 



Chrysamic acid: Source Aloes. Action of nitric acid on aloes. Yellow in alcohol. 

 Chlorophyll: Green color of plants. 

 Cochineal; or cochenille, coccionella: Source Coccus cacti (dried bodies of the female 



insect). Contains carminic acid soluble in water with purple color; lakes, red 



to purple; alum or tin lakes, cochineal carmine or coccerin. 

 Cotinin: Preparation from young fustic. Yellow. 

 Cranberry; or red bilberry: Sjurce Vaccinium mtmdaea L. Red. 

 Cudbear; orcudbeard, perseo: Source Lecanora tinctoria; Variolaria orcina. Differs 



from archil in being in powder form and free from excess of ammonia. 

 Cyanin: Coloring matter from petals of flowers. Occurs in wine. Blue, turning 



pink with vegetable acids. 



Dragon's blood (palm): Source Daemonorops draco. Red resin. 

 Dragon's blood (Socotra): Source Dracaena cinnabari. Red resin. 

 Dwarf elder: Source Sambucus ebulus. Red. 

 Dyer's broom: Source Genista tinctoria. Yellow. 



Dyer's woodruff: Source A sperula tinctoria. Contains colors similar to alizarin. 

 Elderberry: Source Sambucus canadensw; S. nigra; S. pubens. Red. 

 Fairy cup; or blood cup: Source Chlorosplenium aeruginosum. Calcium lake, green. 

 Flavin: Prepared from oak bark. Olive yellow to dark brown powder. 

 Forget-me-not: Source Myosotis palustris. See Cyanin. 

 French purple: Prepared from archil by treatment with acid. 

 Fustic (old) ; or yellow Brazil wood, Holland yellow wood, murier des teinturiers, 



bois jaune, Gelbholz: Source Chlorophora tinctoria (Moms tinctoria L.; Madura 



tinctoria D. Don. ) Contains morin and maclurin. Yellow. 

 Fustic (young); or bois jaune de Hongrie, du Tirol, Fisetholz, fustel: Source Coti- 



nus cotinus (Rhus cotinus L.). Contains fisitin. Yellow. 

 Galangal (Javan): Source Alpinia galanga. Alkaline solutions yellow. 

 Galangal (Chinese): Source Alpinia officinarum. Alkaline solutions yellow. Used 



in Russia for making " Nastoika," a liquor. 



Gamboge: Source Garcinia hanburyi; G. morella. Red resin. Lakes, yellow. 

 Garancin: Formerly prepared from madder. Of historical interest only. 

 Gentian: Source Gentiana lutea. Alkaline solutions yellow. 

 Goa powder: Source Vouacapoua araroba (Andira araroba) Aguiar. Contains 



chrysarobin and chrysophanic acid. Yellow. 

 Golden seal; or Canadian yellow root: Source Hydrastis canadensis. Yellow basic 



dye. 

 Harmala red: Source Peganum harmala. Basic color insoluble in water; alkaline 



solutions red. 

 Heartsease; or pansy, lady's delight: Source Viola tricolor arvensis. Yields quer- 



cetin. Yellow. 

 Hollyhock: Source Althaea rosea; Malva sylvestris; M. rotundi folia. Solutions, violet 



red. Crimson with acids. Green with alkalies. Alumina lake, violet blue. 

 Horse chestnut: Lakes, yellow. 

 Indian yellow; or piuri, pioury, purree, purrea arabica, jaune indien. Prepared in 



India from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves and contains yellow coloring 



matters, free and in form of magnesium or calcium salts. 

 Indigo: Source Indigofera anil and other varieties. Insoluble in water. Becomes 



soluble by treatment with sulphuric acid, forming sulpho salts. Indigo carmine 



(blue). 

 Jack wood; or jack fruit of Ceylon: Source Artocarpus integrifolia. Alumina lake, 



yellow. 



