Blue Fringes Discussion Forum

The question is is there evidence of murex trunculus being used historically for blue



If there were, it would strong evidence that the banded dye-murex (Hexaplex trunculus) is NOT the chilazon.

After all, we are looking for a process that was lost. If there were evidence that it was a fish ...

I would add Woad, which is pretty much the same chemical as you get from Indigofera -- both yielding indigo. But woad was available in Europe, and indigo is from central Asia. Also, woad has less of the chemical than Indigofera, so it sends to come out a shade closer to aqua, as it will have ...