242. Red Brown

242.    Red Brown. Dye a deep annotto orange (see No. 159 (Annotto Orange)); then work for 15 minutes in plumb liquor (see No. Ill); wash well and dry. Particular tints can be made by adding fustic, peachwood or logwood to the last washing, as described in the last receipt.

243. Red Brown

243.    Red Brown. Steep the silk for an hour in a solution of 8 ounces alum to each gallon water, then wash out in warm water; next, work half an hour in a decoction of 11/2 pounds fustic, 11/2 pounds peachwood, and 8 ounces logwood; lift, and add 1 pint of the alum solution; work 10 minutes, wash and dry.

244. Chocolate Brown

244.    Chocolate Brown. Steep the silk for an hour in a solution of 1 pound alum to each gallon of water; wash once in warm water, and then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds peachwood and 1 pound logwood; lift, and add 1 pint of the alum solution, work again for 15 minutes; wash out and dry.

For deeper shades use less peachwood and more logwood; for a still deeper tint, add about 4 ounces fustic.

245. Bronze Brown

245.    Bronze Brown. Work for half an hour in a decoction of 8 ounces fustic, to which 4 fluid ounces of archil liquor has been added; lift, and add 2 ounces solution of copperas; work 15 minutes, wash and finish.

246. Cochineal Crimson

246.    Cochineal Crimson. To every gallon of water used, add about 2 fluid ounces bichloride (oxychloride) of tin, allow any sediment to settle, and warm the clear solution; work the silk in this for an hour or more. Boil 2 pounds cochineal by suspending it in a bag on the surface of some water; add this to a quantity of water sufficient for working the goods, and bring it to a blood heat. "Wring the silk from the tin solution and work it in the cochineal solution for 1/2 hour; then let it steep for several hours well under the liquor; wash out well in cold water. If the shade is not blue enough, add to the water a little cochineal dissolved in ammonia; work in it for 10 minutes, wring out and dry.

247. Common Red

247.    Common Red. Work the goods for 15 minutes in a decoction of 2 pounds peachwood and 1 pound fustic; lift, and add 4 fluid ounces red spirits (see No. 108 (Red Spirits)); work for 15 minutes, wash in cold water and finish.

Different shades are made by varying the proportions, and claret tints are obtained by adding a little logwood. These common dyes are apt to fade.

248. Cochineal Pink

248.    Cochineal Pink. This is dyed in the same manner as cochineal crimson (see No. 246 (Cochineal Crimson)), using much less cochineal; about half a pound makes a good pink, and intermediate shades are produced by adjusting the proportion of cochineal.

249. Cochineal Scarlet

249.    Cochineal Scarlet. First dye a deep annotto orange (see No. 159 (Annotto Orange)) ; then dye a cochineal crimson according to No. 246.