Dye colors

These are some dye color that were know around the time of the end of the Roman Republic.

Name	Color	Ingredient	Source
Tyrian purple	Purple	Murex shells	Lebanon (Phoenicia)
Saffron	Yellow	Saffron plant	Spain and Greece
Turmeric	Yellow	Turmeric plant	India
Indigo	Deep blue	Indigo plant	India
Lac	Red	Lac insect	China and south east Asia
Crimson(Kermes)	Red	Kermes insect	Mediterranean region
Henna	Brown	Henna tree	North Africa and Egypt
Catechu	Brown	Acacia catechu tree	South Asia
Vermilion	Red	Cinnabar (mercury sulfide)	common
Yellow		Weld plant, Dyer's broom plant	common
Green		Lichen	common
Orange		Plants and fungi containing Carotenoid (**orange carrots first bred in 16th c.)	common
Red		Madder roots	common
Blue		Leaves of Woad plants	common