which plants, fruit and vegetables make the best dye?

Question

trying to dye naturally for fabrics, etc...

Answer 1

Color Plant Source
Blue-violet Cherry roots
Purple Elderberries, black raspberries
Reddish-purple Pokeweed berries
Red-pink Dandelion roots, cherries, strawberries, red raspberries, cardinal flowers, sorrel roots and bark, hemlock bark
Violet Grapes
Blue Blueberries (boiled)
Dark brown Walnut husks (boiled)
Reddish brown Buckeye husks
Yellow Goldenrod (boiled), willow leaves, marsh marigolds, ash (inner bark), St. Johnswort flowers (boiled), onion skin, tulip trees' leaves, ragweed, burdock, Osage orange roots and bark (boiled)
Rose tan Birch bark, willow bark, sassafras roots
Green Plantain leaves and roots (boiled), nettle (roots, stalk, leaves), lily of the valley leaves
Yellow-orange Bloodroot (boiled)
Salmon Cherry bark
Black Walnut husks, sumac leaves

Answer 2

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. And so as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.

Answer 3

Dandilions (yellow) & oinion skins (brown) can be used for dyeing.