Indigo color, 100 g

Characteristics

• Vegetable dye
Indigofera Tinctoria Indigo is 100% natural premium quality Indigo and is produced by traditional artisanal production completely without chemicals.

Botanical name: Indigofera suffruticosa, syn. Indigofera

Origin of the plant: El Salvador

Breeding method: maceration from fresh plants, filtration, precipitation, drying and grinding.

Production method: Craft production according to traditional methods. The harvested indigo leaves are washed, then ground on a stone mill, turned into balls and slowly air-dried. After drying, the balls are ground into powder and lightly fermented. The indigo paste is dried and then pulverized again in a stone mill.

Appearance: powder

Color: dark blue mat

Solubility: soluble in water, gels, water-phase emulsions (lotions, creams, ...), dispersible semi-solid oil-type phases, including balms

How to achieve the selected color bar?

• Light blue to dark blue: only by changing the dosage
Khaki green: indigo with yellow ocher.

Blue-green: indigo with chlorophyll Violet: indigo with pink ocher

Dosage

• Usual dosage 0.5 to 2%

INCI

• Indigofera Tinctoria (Indigo) powder or lump