Flower of opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear) cactus crop for cochineal production, Mala, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Blue balls of wool and dried plant as natural dye, Chinchero, Sacred Valley, Urubamba Province, Cusco (Cuzco) Region, Peru, South America

Production of natural colour, dye, Oaxaca, Mexico

Japanese woman outside a textile plant dye workshop, hanging up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man wearing bandana standing in a textile plant dye workshop, dyeing piece of green fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman working in a plant dye workshop, holding up freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding basket with plant matter, smiling at camera, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

High angle close up of Yashabuji, Haze and Kuri Chestnut in a textile plant dye workshop, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of sheer white fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese man standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding aloft piece of freshly dyed bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding basket with Akane, Rubia plant powder, smiling at camera, Kyushu, Japan

Japanese woman standing in a textile plant dye workshop, holding piece of bright yellow fabric, Kyushu, Japan

High angle close up of ladle and buckets with blue dye in a textile plant dye workshop, Kyushu, Japan