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Tova N. Williams explores the history of madder, its components and the perhaps confusing terminology that surrounds this long-known source of red colour.

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  1. North Carolina State University, Wilson College of Textiles, Raleigh, NC, USA

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Williams, T.N. Mad about madder. Nat. Chem. 14, 966 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-01015-x

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