Answer by JBH for Which colors were rare for leather to be dyed?
The important aspect here is the word "dyed"Tanned leather has color, and as anyone who's tried to re-stain a deck with a new color will tell you, that pre-existing color is the problem. Because of...
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The classic example might be Tyrian purple which is somewhat inconvenient to produce. There were other purple colors, but the best kind was much more robust to things like sunlight which would fade and...
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My character has a book of research bound in leather. To make the cover of her book distinguishable, she has the leather dyed a rare color. Which color might that be? Assume money is no object. The...
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