DIY Japanese Indigo Dye By Chris Mclaughlin | Published on July 7, 2020. Email Print Facebook. Pinterest X. ... The leaves are ready when you pinch (bruise) them and you get a dark blue stain.

Choose Your Dye: Fabric dyes come in all colors and in varying degrees of blue. We suggest starting out with either dark blue (indigo) or black. Other colors can come out a bit strange as they mix ...

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Producing indigo dye is a bit like making beer, she explained, as we piled into her indigo Subaru. The leaves are steeped and fermented in water but that doesn’t produce the breathtaking color.