Natural Dyes for Textiles

In recent years, there has been a resurgence in interest in natural dyes for textiles. Plant-based dyes often pose fewer immediate environmental risks than synthetic ones, and more stringent restrictions on effluent from textile dyeing facilities are driving the search for alternative colorants. Natural dyes for textiles identifies plants with high dye contents and acceptable fastness properties that are viable for commercial use. Extraction of plant parts for isolation of colorants, chromatographic techniques for separation, spectroscopic analysis of the isolated colorants, structure elucidation, biomordanting, and pretreatments and post-treatments will all be covered. Part I covers plant-based dye sources for natural fibers, including those specific to cellulosics, silk, and wool and other animal hair. Part II provides an overview of the dyeing process that focuses on novel and environmentally-friendly techniques that are particularly suited to use with natural dyes. Natural dyes for textiles is an important resource for academics and post-graduate students interested in textile dyeing and natural dyes, those engaged in textile dye research and development, and dye practitioners. Written by an expert author with many years’ experience in researching and writing about natural textile dyesProvides quantitative information about extraction and fastness properties that will be valuable to those involved in dye selectionOffers complete and practical coverage of the whole dyeing process from source selection to post-treatments