Pencelupan alami yang terbuat dari akar Rubia , Colonial Williamsburg, VA
Natural dyes merupakan pencelupan atau pewarnaan yang berasal dari tumbuhan , invertebrata , atau mineral . Kebanyakan pencelupan alami adalah pencelupan sayuran dari sumber-sumber tumbuhan—akar , buah beri , pepagan , daun , dan kayu —dan sumber organik lainnya seperti jamur dan lumut kerak .
Di China, pencelupan dengan tumbuhan, pepagan dan serangga yang telah digunakan lebih dari 5,000 tahun.[ 1]
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