Ooo ANOTHER gentle reminder to writers:
don’t let the movies fool you, color is ESSENTIAL to pre-modern fashion. Peasants often scavenged for natural dyes. Here are some samples of the colors you can get with plant & lichen dyes, as well as a few good books on the subject:
A gentle reminder to fanfic writers: as long as the blood is still wet, it can be cleaned out of a garment, even out of silk. You soak it, and empty the water and soak it again, over and over as often as you need until the water runs clear. Then you use detergent