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Natural dyeing predates synthetic pigments by thousands of years, with early textile workers extracting colour from roots, insects, and tree bark. Indigo, prized for its deep blue, required a fermentation process that could take several days to —developdevelopmentdevelopingdeveloped properly. Synthetic dyes eventually replaced most natural methods because they offered —consistentconsistencyconsistentlyconsist colours and far —shortershortshortlyshortest production times.