Apple Skins dye

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APPLES - 2025 crop - using red skins for dye after apples are processed

I only found out this year that the red skins when soaked produce a pale pink.  The apple cider vinegar produced is also very helpful in gaining a pink with Amaranth dye  as it gives a Ph3.  A few Amaranth flowers are visible behind the apples.

Habotai silk in pot of apple skin dye

Habotai pale pink result when dry

Sample tests with modifiers

Pale pinks and other light tones.

TO BE ADDED....

Testing apple skin dye effects when silk is scrunched up beneath a small pot of skins. Aiming for a marbled appearance.

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