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Colouring & Covering

The chemistry of changing hair colour — ancient plant dyes like henna and indigo, the bleach and aniline dyes behind modern colour, and the historical metallic salts used to cover grey.

Hair coloring

Hair coloring

Henna

Henna

Blond

Blond

Red hair

Red hair

Bleach

Bleach

Lead(II) acetate

Lead(II) acetate

Aniline

Aniline

Indigofera tinctoria

Indigofera tinctoria