The colors used by the Qashqai tribe in Gabbeh

In Qashqai tribe, plant dyes are mostly used. The colors are obtained more from plants such as pomegranate peel, walnut peel, rhubarb, jasmine, sumac, etc. Most of these plants grow in the Fars region and are available to the tribes of the Qashqai tribe, and sometimes spruce and indigo are used to dye cream. Spark is less commonly used due to its low availability, and indigo is used to dye creams because of the high cost of a chemical indigo called indigo.
Red is one of the most widely used colors among the tribes of the Qashqai tribe. This color is widely used in gabbehs and other handicrafts. The red or lacquer color, which is known among the tribes of the Qashqai tribe as turmeric, is mostly obtained from the rhubarb plant. The second color that is widely used in the handicrafts of the Qashqai tribe is yellow, which is obtained from the plants of Spark and Jashir. And another color that is often seen in Qashqai handicrafts is the variety of blue colors that are obtained from chemical indigestion. All kinds of blue colors with motive and light and bold analysis are the result of dyeing with Indico. And yellow, orange, and brown are derived from the plant Jashir. And to get a bright green color, they use sumac plant. And they get dark brown and light colors and cream and pea and even black colors from pomegranate and walnut skin.