Colour is an element, which transforms theentire fabric of life. It is the property that is noticed and is the firstfactor governing choice of the fabric. The importance of colour in textile hasbeen recognized from thousands of years and ancient writing contains frequentreferences for it. India had the distinction of being a colour box of theancient world. Man has tried to get colours from various plant sources likeflowers, juices, leaves, barks, roots and also from certain organisms and haslearnt to use them on various textile materials. Indigo, Cutch, logwood, rootsof Turmeric, Sunflower, flowers of the Myrobalan tree are some of the naturaldye sources used for colouring the textile materials.
The beginning of the new millennium surelybrings many drastic changes in the life of mankind. One of them is going to bethe shift towards revival of natural dyes and their efficient usage as comparedto their counter parts ie. synthetic dye, which has been slowly losing itsplace mainly due to international awareness to environment and ecologypreservation. The natural dyes, which are non-pollutant, appear as an idealchoice due to their non-toxic nature and easy handling. The world wide naturaldyes have several advantages over synthetic dyes from the point of view ofhealth, safety and ecology. There is increased awareness and demands for thenatural dyed products in international market.
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Ekta Grover
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