figs 5 and 6 are two  images of cotton prints. The image on the left fig 5 shows a kalamkari print created by Weavers of Andhra pradesh in Indian.  On the right is a floral cotton print designed and produced by William  Morris   a famous poet and artist of nineteenth century Britain there is one thing common in the two prints both use a rich blue colour commonly called indigo Do you know how this colour was produced?  the blue that you see in these prints was produced from a plant called indigo it is likely that the blue dye used in the Morris  prints in nineteenth century  Britain was manufactured from indigo plants cultivated in India for india was the biggest supplier of indigo in the would at that time.