a man dries colorful pieces of fabric at a factory in mandalay, myanmar.
a skim the article. what is it about?
a what colors mean b the history of dyes c why colors are important
can you imagine a world without colors? we could still eat, sleep, and work, but life would be boring.
colored clothes go back to 2,600 b.c. people made colors—called dyes—with plants, parts of animals, and other natural substances. they mixed these things with water and oil and used them to dye clothes and jewelry. in many parts of the world, people used yellow dyes because they could get them from different plants. some colors were rare. for example, indigo—a kind of blue dye—came from plants that were specific to india and southeast asia.
the shellfish necessary to make purple was only found on one side of the mediterranean sea. it took thousands of them to make purple cloth. because of this, purple was the rarest color, used for kings and queens. purple clothes gave people power and status.
b complete the sentences about discovering color. circle the correct answers.
people started to ¹make / dye clothes around 4,600 years ago. they used ²parts of trees / plastic to make some dyes. yellow was ³more / less common than blue. purple was probably the most expensive dye because people used ⁴a lot of shellfish / rare plants to make it.

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a man dries colorful pieces of fabric at a factory in mandalay, myanmar.
a skim the article. what is it about?
a what colors mean  b the history of dyes  c why colors are important
can you imagine a world without colors? we could still eat, sleep, and work, but life would be boring.
colored clothes go back to 2,600 b.c. people made colors—called dyes—with plants, parts of animals, and other natural substances. they mixed these things with water and oil and used them to dye clothes and jewelry. in many parts of the world, people used yellow dyes because they could get them from different plants. some colors were rare. for example, indigo—a kind of blue dye—came from plants that were specific to india and southeast asia.
the shellfish necessary to make purple was only found on one side of the mediterranean sea. it took thousands of them to make purple cloth. because of this, purple was the rarest color, used for kings and queens. purple clothes gave people power and status.
b complete the sentences about discovering color. circle the correct answers.
people started to ¹make / dye clothes around 4,600 years ago. they used ²parts of trees / plastic to make some dyes. yellow was ³more / less common than blue. purple was probably the most expensive dye because people used ⁴a lot of shellfish / rare plants to make it.

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# Brief Explanations:
- For part A: The article mentions colored clothes going back to 2600 B.C. and details about dyes (like how they were made from plants, animal parts etc., and examples of different dyes like indigo, purple). So it's about the history of dyes.
- For part B:
    - Colored clothes (dyed clothes) go back to 2600 B.C. 2600 B.C. is about 4600 years ago (assuming current year is 2024, 2024 + 2600 = 4624 ≈ 4600). So people started to dye clothes.
    - It says "People made colors—called dyes—with plants, parts of animals, and other natural substances", so parts of trees (as trees are plants) were used, not plastic (which is a modern synthetic material not mentioned in the context of ancient dyes).
    - "In many parts of the world, people used yellow dyes because they could get them from different plants. Some colors were rare. For example, indigo—a kind of blue dye...", so yellow was more common than blue.
    - "The shellfish necessary to make purple was only found on one side of the Mediterranean Sea. It took thousands of them to make purple cloth", so a lot of shellfish were used.

# Answer:
- A: b. the history of dyes
- B: dye; parts of trees; more; a lot of shellfish

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