Eco Safe Textile Coloration Using Natural Dye

摘要

In the present study, an attempt has been made to utilize petal parts of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) flower and peel of badam fruit (Prunus dulcis) to extract dye for application on the fabrics. The natural dye was extracted by aqueous method at boiling conditions. The extracts were then applied on cotton and silk. The natural dye was extracted from the flowers of chrysanthemum with two different colors; dark purple and red, and pink dye from peel of fruit using a simple extraction technique. Here copper sulphate as mordant used for fixing the dye. The dyes were treated with and without mordant to examine their effects on the dyeing efficiency. According to the experimental results, the performance was better with the all the natural dye which can be the better alternative of synthetic dyes.