Garnet yellow, one of the traditional Chinese color yellow series. It is the color of the teak dye.
Tang Xuanzong wrote the "Six Classics of Tang" Volume 11 Dian Zhong Province: Since Emperor Wen of Sui made yellow robes and scarves, and brought them to listen to the dynasty, it has been common to think so far.
Garnet yellow and bright yellow were once the special colors of the yellow robe, so are these two colors the same? Actually, it is not, garnet yellow is taken from garnet wood.
Garnet is a valuable tree species known as "Southern Sandalwood and Northern Garnet" in the mainland, and is one of the tree species that is formed by shrubs after long-term growth and grows very slowly. Its sapwood is light yellow-brown, the heartwood is light reddish-brown, the wood texture is very delicate and clear, the feel is warm, and it has a unique natural beauty. Garnet wood is a good material for bow making, and its heartwood is the superior material for carving crafts and high-grade furniture, because the growth is very slow, it is extremely difficult to become a material, so its heartwood is particularly precious and rare.
The fabric dyed with garnet yellow is a reddish ochre yellow in the moonlight and ochre red in candlelight, and its color is very dazzling, so it has become the emperor's clothing color since the Sui Dynasty. After the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's special yellow robe evolved from this.
Yellow is associated with the costumes of the emperors and began in the Sui and Tang dynasties. According to the Six Classics of Tang, "Emperor Wen of Sui wore a yellow robe and a scarf to listen to the dynasty." At that time, it was forbidden for the people to use yellow. Top yellow is a reddish yellow color dyed with teak sap, that is, apricot yellow. In the Tang Dynasty and Sui Dynasty, poets of all generations have poems describing Garnet Huang.
One of Tang Wangjian's "Three Lines in the Palace": "The sun color garnet robe is similar, and it is not covered by a red luan fan." "Idle five doors looking north, tuohuang xinpa royal bed high." ”
Due to the rarity of garnets, many offspring are dyed with yellow oak, which is similar in color to teak.
During the Nara period, Japan was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty and also learned to dye with yellow oak.
To this day, the imperial robes worn by the Emperor of Japan are still reproduced in the color of the Sui and Tang Emperor Tianzi's robes.
Garnet yellow, as a traditional Chinese color, has a long history, and it has a history of dye dyeing with two kinds of heartwood, garnet and yellow oak.
Use alum as a mordant, garnet or yellow oak as a dye, dye 30mim. In my experience as a dyeer, this color is greatly affected by acid and alkali, and when it is necessary to have a reddish light, it is better to adjust the pH to a partial alkali effect.
Dyer Huang Ronghua was at the National Dyeing Hall in Beijing on May 26, 2015
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