Asian Journal of Home Science

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Improving the Colour Fastness of the Selected Natural Dyes on Cotton


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1 Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Saifabad, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA), India
     

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This paper reports the improving the colour fastness of the natural dye with dye fixing agents, extraction of the colourants from natural sources; effects of different mordants and mordanting methods; selection of fixing agents; dyeing variables; post-treatment process and analysis of colour improvement parameters with fixing agents for cotton dyed with natural dye; assessed colour improvement with rubbing colour fastness test.

Keywords

Eucalyptus Bark Natural Dye, Fixing Agents, Colour Fastness, Eco-Friendly Mordants.
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Authors

R. Prabhavathi
Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Saifabad, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA), India
A. Sharada Devi
Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Saifabad, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA), India
D. Anitha
Department of Apparel and Textiles, College of Home Science, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Saifabad, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA), India

Abstract


This paper reports the improving the colour fastness of the natural dye with dye fixing agents, extraction of the colourants from natural sources; effects of different mordants and mordanting methods; selection of fixing agents; dyeing variables; post-treatment process and analysis of colour improvement parameters with fixing agents for cotton dyed with natural dye; assessed colour improvement with rubbing colour fastness test.

Keywords


Eucalyptus Bark Natural Dye, Fixing Agents, Colour Fastness, Eco-Friendly Mordants.