Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye ?

Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye ?

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  1. The leaves were soaked in water and fermented to convert the glycoside indican present in the plant to the blue dye indigotin. They precipitate from the fermented leaf solution when mixed with a strong base such as lye, pressed into cakes, dried, and powdered.

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