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Beauty of blue and white: traditional Chinese indigo-dyed cloth

( Chinaculture.org ) Updated: 2015-11-19 15:33:16

Beauty of blue and white: traditional Chinese indigo-dyed cloth

The cloth is dyed in a vat. [Photo/Xinhua]

6. Put the white cloth into the dye vat for 20 minutes and expose it to the open air for 30 minutes to let the dye oxidize. This step usually needs to be repeated 6 to 7 times until the cloth achieves the correct depth of blue color.

 
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