The process of coloring cloth, yarn, or other materials using colored liquid or dye, or to color something in this way.
From Old English 'deagian,' related to Old Norse 'deygja.' The word has roots in Proto-Germanic and likely relates to the concept of 'making colored,' used since at least the 800s.
Synthetic dyes invented in the 1850s didn't just change fashion—they accidentally created the petrochemical industry, since synthetic dyes are made from coal tar, the same base material used to make explosives and plastics.
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