| Ancient Egyptian and Assyrian Dye Colours | |
| Blue: | Usually rather a dark indigo, sometimes paler. |
| Red: | Much like the colour known as Indian red. |
| Yellow: | Similar to yellow ochre. |
| Green: | Much like the paint known as green bice, but rather more dull. |
| Purple: | Dark, and quite a brownish hue of purple. |
All these colours could be used as embroideries on a white or natural coloured ground of linen, the embroideries being of wool. In other cases the whole garment might be coloured throughout.
[Fig. 39] is the tunic of King Assur-bani-pal, seventh century B.C. It will be noticed that it is cut very much in the same manner as the Egyptian tunic; the neck opening, which is a slit large enough to admit the head, does not show in the drawing, but three buttons on either side of neck will be seen. A row of fringe decorates the bottom, and the whole is richly embroidered; over this tunic were worn the wide and narrow belts.
