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Dye Makers, Delhi, India, 1997

Photograph by Cary Wolinski

Two young boys mix colors at a dye-making business in Delhi, India. The blood-red brew is blended with corn flour then spread on a roof for drying. The resulting powder is then ready to be tossed by celebrants of India's colorful Holi festival.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)