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Rh The peculiarity of the last-named dye is that it cannot be dried in sunlight, but only in the mists so common in the Shan valleys in the early mornings from November to March. The yarn is therefore dyed in the evening and exposed to dry all night It produces a colour much fancied by the Shan ladies of Kengtung for their jackets.

Light Green is obtained by a combination of the blue with saffron.



Many of the dyes mentioned are used in connection with each other and with indigo. Various shades of green are produced by using different proportions of indigo with turmeric or saffron, and of purple and orange with these and niba or hsalak."

Mr. T. H. Giles says that "the Karenni women use the leaves, bark and roots of the dankyat as mordants for fixing crimson, the fruit of the Phyllanthus embelia,