ORANGE

ORANGE

The fruit orange has given its name to the color orange.

Orange is between red and yellow and also in terms of associations, it lies somewhere in between those two colors. Orange stands for optimism, cheerfulness and playfulness. People associate it with adventure and enthusiasm, perhaps the reason that so many sports clothes are orange or have orange elements. Natural sources, which can produce orange color schemes are for example:

Bloodroot, Carrots, Eucalyptus Bark, Giant Coreopsis, Lilac Twigs, Paprika, Pomegranate, Sassafrass, Tumeric, Yellow Onion Skin ...

Orange is stimulating and has a positive effect on depression and anxiety. It also stimulates the appetite.

In the 1970s, a striking amount of orange was used. The color was enormously connected with the rise of plastic. A lot of designers used this color within interior design, which was hard to achieve with natural materials.

Nowadays, there are several options to create an orange dye.

A bright orange shade, which can be intensified by extending the soaking time, is created with the help of carrots.

STEP1 Take five fresh carrots and shred them as small as possible. Boil 250 milliliter of water and add the shredded carrot. Let the water cook for about 20 to 30 minutes. Afterwards, strain. The longer the carrots will cook, the stronger will the color be.

STEP2 Mix one tablespoon of carrot juice into the tanning lotion or into the animal fat, which is applied onto the skin before drying.

The dye can be applied in two different ways onto the fish skin. The carrot juice can either be mixed into the “Emulsified Oils” tanning mixture or after the tanning process into the animal fat, which is used to maintain the leather’s softness.

A) SOAKING TECHNIQUE Mix one tablespoon carrot juice into the tanning lotion, which contains one egg yolk and two tablespoons of oil. Make sure the carrot extract is well mixed with the tanning lotion for an even finish. Lay the clean fish skin evenly into the mixture and let it soak. Afterwards, wash out the fish skin and let it dry.

Color Intensity 5 Minutes : Low 3 Hours : Medium 24 Hours : High

B) MASSAGING TECHNIQUE Mix one tablespoon of the carrot juice into the animal fat, which will be massaged into the fish skin after the tanning process. Massage until almost dry. The more carrot mixture is used, the more intense is the dye outcome.

INGREDIENTS

This natural color recipe is suitable to dye one piece of fish skin (10x15 cm).

5 carrots

250 ML boiling water

A) 1 egg yolk + 2 TBSP sunflower oil