madder plant Madder grows naturally in well-drained , even stony sites , and in light woodland ; for the best and most extensive roots a deep soil is the most satisfactory . In the following year , having recently seen madder , Rubia tinctorum , grown and processed for dye in Holland , he asked if this commodity was grown in the north of England . Use 50g/2oz powdered madder root from a dye supplier . dye, or pigment extracted from the plant With madder , use an alum and cream of tartar mordant . ` Well , ' she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ` what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ' pink colour The walls of the tunnel-mouth were dark , restricting the pale rose madder of the sky . having a pink colour In the middle of working out whether he meant ` moving around ' as in girlfriends , or ` moving around ' as in innocent flat-changing , Meredith found herself quite helplessly watching every slow , calculating movement as he tied the bright madder silk around his neck . mad comparative form of mad If he thinks I can stand another night in that car , he 's even madder than I thought .