Colors of Cloth in the Elizabethan Era
The range of colors used for producing expensive clothes were produced by complicated dyeing processes. Expensive fabrics were imported from abroad. The dyes used for coloring these clothes were expensive. The brightest or darkest colours were more expensive to produce and therefore limited to higher status clothing. The color and its brightness helped determine the dye’s value and the price of the garment. The lower classes wore colors of yellow, russet (a reddish brown color), orange, green, pale blue and pink. For additional acts and information about the dyes and colorants used during the Elizabethan era please click the following link: Dye