Natural Dye - Himalayan Rhubarb

Himalayan Rhubarb Extract is a plant-based natural dye that produces a beautiful range of warm yellow through to golden-brown shades. Extracted from rhubarb roots, it is valued by natural dyers for its clarity of colour, dependable performance and sustainable botanical origin. This dye creates soft, earthy tones with natural brightness, making it an excellent choice for colouring wool, silk and other natural fibres. Used on its own it produces warm golden shades, while it can also act as a base for overdyeing to create more complex colours.

Himalayan Rhubarb is particularly appreciated for its excellent lightfastness, helping dyed fibres maintain their colour over time. By adjusting the dyeing process or combining with modifiers such as iron, dyers can explore a wider palette including deeper olive tones.

Benefits

• Warm natural yellows and golden browns – produces earthy, elegant shades
• Plant-based dye – extracted from rhubarb roots
• Excellent lightfastness – colours remain stable over time
• Versatile base dye – works beautifully on its own or in layered dyeing
• Expands the colour palette – can create olive and greenish tones when combined with iron or indigo
• Sustainable botanical colourant – ideal for natural and eco-conscious dyeing

Perfect For

• Creating neutral or golden tones with a warm, earthy character
• Overdyeing with indigo or other dyes to produce greens and complex natural shades
• Sustainable textile work, including handspun yarn, fibre and artisan fabrics

Technical

• Concentrated extract from rhubarb root.
• Produces golden-yellow to soft brown hues.
• Works on wool, silk, cotton and linen.
• Use 2–6% WOF depending on shade intensity.
• Excellent as a modifier or layering dye.
• Consistent and easy to handle.