Turkey Red

摘要

When I ran the course at Summer School entitled Turkey Red and all that Madder, I listened to comments and questions throughout the week, not from my own students I hasten to add! It became clear that there is a great deal of confusion over what 'Turkey Red' is. Some people think it is a colour, some that you can dye any fibre to the colour, others just had no idea. I'd like to take some time to try and clear up what exactly the term TURKEY RED means! Of course from a dyer's point of view it is the greatest challenge there is...!