Wild Colours - Exciting colours from Natural Dyes

Wild Colours natural dyes > red dyes > cochineal dye

Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus)

Cochineal for sale here

Cochineal is the only natural dye on this website that does not come from a plant.

Before microscopes where in use, European scientists argued for a long time whether cochineal was a plant, an animal or a mineral.


We now know that cochineal is produced from female scale insects that live on prickly pear cactus plants (Opuntia or nopal).




Dyeing with Cochineal - click here

Much more information on Cochineal & Cochineal Dyeing on the Cochineal Dye.com website!


 

Top of page