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So I'm working on building a world for my current WIP. I know it's a little late, but I'm building a world that is mostly "dead." It's magic-rich but otherwise poor. There are two main races and several different kinds of animals, all mostly subsisting on physical manifestations of magic (hence humans and people not linked to this world cannot really live here without constant flow of supplies from another place). I'm not going to go into all the little details of the place, but my question comes down to this: With that information, does it make sense for there to be dyes?
I understand that most dyes on Earth come from plants or moss or roots, etc. While there are massive hollowed out dead trees, I don't know if this economy would have dyes. And does it take people out to worry about this? The idea is that there are gemstones and different colors to kinds of magic, so color beyond what naturally occurs in the world without magic at this point is not unknown or unheard of, but the clothes and fabrics would mainly be blacks, whites, and browns. Nothing like blue or purple or red.
Again, this is a very small thing to worry about and something that may not be that important in the grand scheme of things, it's just something that has been bothering me in the grand scheme of things.
I understand that most dyes on Earth come from plants or moss or roots, etc. While there are massive hollowed out dead trees, I don't know if this economy would have dyes. And does it take people out to worry about this? The idea is that there are gemstones and different colors to kinds of magic, so color beyond what naturally occurs in the world without magic at this point is not unknown or unheard of, but the clothes and fabrics would mainly be blacks, whites, and browns. Nothing like blue or purple or red.
Again, this is a very small thing to worry about and something that may not be that important in the grand scheme of things, it's just something that has been bothering me in the grand scheme of things.