Iris blue, one of the traditional Chinese color blue series. It is the color of blue iris flowers.
Blue iris is a perennial herb with sword-shaped leaves and beautiful flowers, blue flowers, and the outer 3 flowers are lobed large. The leaves are turquoise and verdant, and the flowers are large and strange, like butterflies. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit period is from June to August. Sex prefers sunny and cool climates. Iris is native to central China and Japan, and is rarely medicated and has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Iris flowers are large and beautiful, the leaves are verdant and turquoise, and the ornamental value is high. Fangfei April is the season of iris blossoms, pieces of iris flowers like blue butterflies to convey the message of spring, a thick blue-purple, in the beautiful and clear sun, dazzling beauty.
"Compendium of Materia Medica (Jinling Ben)": Tibetan utensils: Shoot dry, iris two things are similar, there are many people do not distinguish. Shoot dry is the flower name phoenix winged person planted in the human world, the leaves are like bird wings, autumn red flowers, red dots. Iris is also planted in the human world, the seedling is lower than the shoot dry, shaped like an iris, and the summer purple flower is also. Purple flowers are irises, and red flowers are shoot dry.
Iris blue is not pure blue, but blue-purple, but blue accounted for a relatively large proportion, about 90%. There is only a little purple.
The method of dyeing this color in traditional dyeing is to first base it with indigo, the concentration is medium, and after full redox, it is cleaned. Then use the dyeing solution of Sumu plus alum to dye it once shallowly.
Iris flowers are like dancing butterflies, more like the tail of the iris, plus the leaves are like orchid leaves, so it is named. Iris flowers are most expensive in orchid purple.
Iris is often used in China to symbolize love and friendship, and is a messenger of love. Mostly blue-purple, it is known as the elegant name of blue demon.
Iris blue is also one of the more distinctive colors in the traditional Chinese color blue system.
The dyer Huang Ronghua was at the National Dyeing Hall in Beijing the day before the Dragon Boat Festival
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