Aniline Black -- Solnit Base (Sock) undead all the faces

all the faces

A morose green hue reminiscent of lurking fungal growth and demonic possession

and vague terror

87 yds / 20 grams per mini skein

Suggested soundtrack: The Three Calamities

Aniline Black -- Solnit Base (Sock) undead all the facesA deep violet black that takes its name from a pioneering synthetic pigment used in printing and dyeing. In the 1860s Mr. J . Lightfoot brought us a blacker black after studying the oxidation of new compound, aniline. Aniline purple had been accidentally created a few decades earlier while student Willam H. Perkins was trying to synthesize quinine and that accidental discovery set off a giant Victorian wave of mauve everything. In this rich black