Improving the environmental and economic aspects of cotton dyeing using vegetable dyes

摘要

Conventional methods for application of vegetable dyes have been lost due to hundreds years of neglect. In this work, two vegetable dyes have been applied on cotton by various methods viz., open bath, multi dip and padding techniques to improve the color strength. Effect of mordanting techniques and effect of various mordant on colour strength of the dyed sample have been investigated. The results for dyeing are very encouraging.