Natural indigo color made by minority group Hmong`s woman, it`s for make color of their traditional cloth, Sa Pa, Vietnam

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India is believed to be the oldest center of indigo dyeing in the Old World. It was a primary supplier of indigo dye, derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria, to Europe as early as the Greco-Roman era. The association of India with indigo is reflected in the Greek word for the 'dye', which was indikon (ινδικόν). The Romans used the term indicum, which passed into Italian dialect and eventually into English as the word indigo. The country of El Salvador has lately been the biggest producer of indigo

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam
Photo credit: © Hakbong Kwon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: blue, color, dye, hmong, indigo, minority, natural, pa, process, sa, vietnam