Picture of my hand, with the palm and fingers bright pink and purple from the interactions of different ph levels in cochineal and madder dyes. I am chopping up madder root I pulled from the active dyebath to get maximum color from it. A wooden cutting board with a small mound of chopped roots is in the frame, along with an ulu-style knife used for the root chopping

Check out these wild colors! Bright pink cochineal+vinegar after rinse, then chopping up madder root made purple (higher ph in the roots or metallurgy of knife?). Yes, I have gloves, I just forget/don't care to put them on.

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