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Indigo Vat and Resist hex codes: #eef2f0, #f2f0e8, #e2eef1, #d4e7ed, #e6e2d4, #c6e0e8, #b7d6e2, #cfcabb, #a8ccdc, #9dc2d6, #8fb6ce, #a9a79c, #7fa9c6, #6b9bbe, #5a89ae, #7b7d78, #4a7ba3, #4f6f96, #3d6e91, #3a6b6a, #33567a, #2f5d5f, #4e5254, #2c4a6b, #26455c, #1f3b4d, #22344a, #1d2b3d, #18222f, #131a24

Indigo Vat and Resist Color Palette

Thirty blues pulled from a dye vat: near-black oxidized indigo, wet denim mids, a couple of green-leaning vat teals, then pale washes down to undyed cotton, flax, and gray string. The dark end holds lettering and outlines, the mid blues do stripes, waves, and folded cloth patterns, and the creams keep it from going cold. Good for shibori-style repeats, quilt blocks, laundry-day illustrations, and winter cards.

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