Domestic Method of Silk Dyeing with Raw Natural Colours

Abstract

Commercial natural dyes are quite costly as manufacturers are to follow multi-step extraction and purification procedures for standardisation purposes. Upon cost comparison, they lose in the market to synthetic dyes. However, in the handicraft sector, reproducibility may be of lesser importance against cost. In the present study, a domestic method of dyeing silk with the aqueous extract of raw plant/tree components (flower, leave, bark and root) by using a natural mordant and alum will be described. Good dyebath exhaustion and washing and light fastness are observed for some of the natural colouring matters.

Citation

Choudhury, P.A.K.R. and Mitra, M.S. (2015), "Domestic Method of Silk Dyeing with Raw Natural Colours", Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-19-03-2015-B005