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20 answers for: Crimson dye obtained from insects (9)
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COCHINEALCrimson dye obtained from insects (9)
RICKETSDisease obtained from insects? Not primarily (7)
FLYSCREENProtection from insects
ARTHROPODHard troop running from insect, say (9)
CARMINERed food pigment obtained from insect shells (7)
ALKANETA red dye obtained from a plant root (7)
MAUVEA purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856
ANILA blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
SAFFRONDark yellow dye obtained from the crocus (7)
INDIGODark blue dye obtained from the indigo plant (6)
LITMUSDye obtained from lichens, absorbed into paper and used as a pH indicator (6)
HENNAA reddish dye, obtained from the powdered leaves of a tropical shrub, used to colour the hair and decorate the body (5)
MADDERRed dye obtained from the root of a climbing plant (6)
ANNATTOA yellowish-red dye obtained from the seeds of a tropical American tree, used for colouring food and fabrics (7)
TYRIAN____ purple, a dye obtained from molluscs and highly prized in antiquity (6)
WOADDye obtained from the plant Isatis tinctoria that was used by the ancient Britons (4)
ANILSBlue dyes obtained from plants
PURPLEColour whose name derives from a mollusc yielding a crimson dye (6)
MAGENTAA crimson dye
ANTSStan running from insects (4)