Are ancient people's clothes brightly colored? How are their weaving and dyeing techniques?

According to scientific research, people have no dyes for a long time. At that time, they wanted to dye clothes mainly through minerals. At that time, there were no dyes in people's hearts, so minerals could only be called pigments to a certain extent. Of course, minerals also have their own limitations, such as weak chromaticity and monotonous color, which can not meet people's growing color demand. So at this time, our ancestors found that pigments could be extracted from some organic substances to dye clothes.

Although the ancient crafts are relatively backward, we should not underestimate the color extraction of our ancients. Take the red we often see as an example. Rubia orientalis was used in ancient China. However, the red color brought by this plant is not really red. It's yellow and looks very rustic. But another kind of plant called safflower is purer in color, which was always considered as Zhen Hong in ancient times.

However, in order to promote the development of dyeing technology, it is inseparable from the needs of rich people. When the economy of the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous, Wu Zetian, as a female emperor, loved beauty. At that time, Wu Zetian especially liked to wear pomegranate skirts. The colors of these clothes come from safflower, madder and hematoxylin. Many people say that the color of clothes in the Tang Dynasty represents their open and enthusiastic personality, but this is not the case, just because the technology at that time was mature in extracting the color of these foods, so it was widely promoted.

But the biggest limitation of ancient dyeing method is that everything depends on manual operation, and it has a lot to do with personal technology. Some skilled operators can extract satisfactory colors, but if there is a temporary mistake, it will lead to the loss of the whole game. Compared with the accurate proportion of modern technology, the efficiency of these manual workshops is naturally much lower, but it is precisely because of their continuous exploration that our colorful world has been formed.