Plant Dye Colors in the Viking Age

It is time to end the misconception that the society in Scandinavia during the Viking Age was grim and dark. We know that they used many colors, the stronger and brighter they were the better.
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[@phoebegraveyard7225]

The eggs that are orange yolks are that colour in the spring when the hens get out to eat in grassy areas of natural food. Grain fed yolks are pale yellow and flavourless.

[@exploatores]

Colors could be a good way to show of status. I think they often miss that in movies.

[@garychynne1377]

thank yew skjaden. your a straight shooter. when i dyed i turned blue. harharhar. just love viking jokes. know why thor drank so much mead. he liked to get hammered. harharhar. almost out of control. thumbs up. thank you for the good works and knowledge. have fun and take care

[@Skjalden]

Not the worst jokes that I have heard :D

[@atleborgemoen952]

Beautiful Sunday. When you post a video.

[@Greye13]

Lol, I love the powdered dyes being flung about in the beginning. Very creative. I have enjoyed this video, as I would like to learn to make my own natural dyes. I've always suspected that pink and orange were more common than we've been led to believe. I wish I could grow Woad, but it's illegal here. They consider it an "invasive" species. 🤦 Those yellow Tansies are beautiful.

[@chrishoward1910]

Great video, very informative. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

[@jockjammer3443]

Thankyou! Mange Tak! I knew most of these plants but you showed me 2 I did not know. The medieval Scandinavians were not clothed in brown. Even a Thrall might show some color.

[@katgillang]

Love your video. Great information organized in a clear and concise way, beautiful photos and great patches for example colors. Your voice too, quite pleasant to listen to.

[@dianeteeter6650]

I always look forward to your lessons.

[@catsmeow5566]

This is very cool. I wonder where gray and brown colors came from. Was it from other ones combined? Thank you for posting this. LOL. Vikings and their blue underwear! I enjoyed this. I love the humor in it.

[@Hilderik1]

I love this kind of videos Great content

[@GreatGreebo]

Tack så mycket . I agree about fresh, organic eggs. I’m now subscribed!

[@Raventooth]

I love purple! I wonder if the blue underwear was to cover up the skunk stripes.

[@colinp2238]

Maybe they were being sarcastic to call the plant scentless or maybe a lost meaning of something like nasty smelling? I read once that some grafitti was found of a mother complaing about her children, their clothes, make up and music. As modern as this sounds it is about 5000 years old from Ancient Egypt. These videos are refreshing as mostly videos about the Vikings are just retelling of Snorri's stories and the sagas.

[@Skjalden]

I like those small glimpses into the past, and then we suddenly do not seem that different from them.

[@jandobber316]

Isn't flax the same as linnen? and maybe they color there underwear blue because blood on blue stains black and is less confrontational but still visible for washing whit's is harder whit other color's and stains like red, yellow, black,green and brown.

[@hrxy1]

No pounding drums, or swirling, whooshing, intense violins. Please

[@kieranfitz]

The British seem to have preferred Red except for the Irish..............the fuck did you just call us?

Don't believe everything a british would say

[@StephenMortimer]

The ORGANIC egg you refer to is FERTILIZED (eg: an embryo the other is NOT) Have you ever tasted the differences between Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein milks ??

[@miradfalco251]

Fertilized eggs are from hens that have been keeping company with a rooster. An organic designation indicates what the bird is eating. The two categories overlap, but only because a small farm flock is much more likely to have both roosters in with the hens, and better food, including outside pastures where they can forage.

[@StephenMortimer]

@@miradfalco251 No bird eats BETTER than a commercial bird !! Different but not better

[@miradfalco251]

@@StephenMortimer Um, no. More doesn't equal better. A small flock bird getting real grain, and allowed to forage outside for fresh greens and insects is in a much better situation than a production barn full of birds eating commercial mash products, with who knows what blended in. I've also compared my own home produced eggs with commercially available organics. Mine have richer, deep golden yolks & sturdier shells, so I'll be sticking with my "home made" eggs.

[@StephenMortimer]

@@miradfalco251 I'll bet you are the type that protests antibiotics in animals but DEMANDS your doctor to give you antibiotics for a sniffle, antidepressants for the stress of living and will be the first to demand GENETICALLY ENGINEERED COVID19 drug protection

[@miradfalco251]

@@StephenMortimer Wow, that went off the rails in a hurry. We have different preferences for eggs, it's not anything to start a war over.

[@mrsanity]

They preferred the bright colours BECAUSE life was otherwise grim and dreary :P

[@colinp2238]

To boost morale

[@StephenMortimer]

Their life was no more grim than New York or Detroit today !!

[@mrsanity]

@@StephenMortimer Which is why they needed respite from it! :p

[@knives9284]

@@StephenMortimer I'd rather live in the woods than live in a loud, crime ridden, rat-infested cesspool city made of concrete with little to no trees.

[@StephenMortimer]

Want to see the GATHERING at work today ??? look at a woman's handbag or when she WINDOW SHOPS !! Or HUNTING ?? observe a man buying a tool (no messing about)

[@StephenMortimer]

Are you aware of the SUMPTUARY LAWS ?? especially for the Nordics I think you put too much emphasis on CLASS. !!