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lac dye

red natural dye from the secretions of lac insects
Class type of: insect dye Q31836648

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
colourant, dye[2]
Subclass of
insect dye[3]
Has use
dyeing, dyeing[4][5]
Described by source
Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials & Techniques in Art[10][11]
Has part(s)
laccaic acid A, laccaic acid B, laccaic acid C, laccaic acid D[6][7][8][9]
Natural product of taxon
Kerria lacca[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en lac dye en lac lake en lack dye en lack en lac da lac-dye de Lac-Lac de Färberlack el κόκκινη λάκκα es laca es rojo de laca fi lakka fr rouge de laque it lacca nl lak pt vermelho de laca
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lac as a natural dye.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300013605
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/lac-dye
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11c2q46jj3

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Summary

lac dye is a colourant[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved . cameo.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved . cameo.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . The Insect Dyes of Western and West-Central Asia. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . cameo.mfa.org. Retrieved . cameo.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials & Techniques in Art. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Grove Art Online. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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